 Fuji at anchor
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Fuji-class battleship |
| Operators |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | Kongō-class ironclad |
| Succeeded by | Shikishima class |
| Built | 1894–1897 |
| In commission | 1897–1922 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 12,230–12,533 long tons (12,426–12,734 t) |
| Length | 412 ft (125.6 m) |
| Beam | 73.25–73.75 ft (22.3–22.5 m) |
| Draught | 26.25–26.5 ft (8.0–8.1 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 18.25 knots (33.8 km/h; 21.0 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 650 |
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The Fuji class (富士型戦艦, Fuji-gata senkan) was a two-ship class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the mid-1890s. They were the first battleships in the IJN, and were constructed in the UK as Japan lacked the industrial facilities needed to build them. Their design was based on the battleships being built for the Royal Navy at that time.
The ships participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur in February 1904 and two bombardments of Port Arthur during the following month. Yashima struck a mine off Port Arthur in May and capsized while under tow several hours later. Fuji fought in the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima and was lightly damaged in the latter action. She was reclassified as a coast defence ship in 1910 and served as a training ship for the rest of her active career. The ship was hulked in 1922 and converted into a barracks ship fitted with classrooms. Fuji was finally broken up for scrap in 1948.