Japanese battleship Fuji

Fuji at anchor, 1908
History
Empire of Japan
NameFuji
NamesakeMount Fuji
Ordered1894
BuilderThames Iron Works, Blackwall, London
Laid down1 August 1894
Launched31 March 1896
Commissioned8 August 1897
Decommissioned1923
Reclassified1 September 1922 as training hulk and barracks
Stricken1 September 1922
FateScrapped 1948
General characteristics
Class and typeFuji-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement12,230 long tons (12,430 t) (normal)
Length412 ft (125.6 m)
Beam73 ft 6 in (22.4 m)
Draught26 ft 3 in (8.0 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement650
Armament
Armour

Fuji (富士) was the lead ship of the Fuji class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British firm of Thames Iron Works in the late 1890s. The ship participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war with her sister Yashima. Fuji fought in the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima and was lightly damaged in the latter action. The ship was reclassified as a coastal defence ship in 1910 and served as a training ship for the rest of her career. She was hulked in 1922 and finally broken up for scrap in 1948.