Japanese battleship Katori

Katori at anchor
History
Japan
NameKatori
NamesakeKatori Shrine
BuilderVickers Barrow-in-Furness, UK
Laid down27 April 1904
Launched4 July 1905
Commissioned20 May 1906
Decommissioned20 September 1923
Out of serviceApril 1922
Stricken23 October 1923
FateScrapped, 1924–25
General characteristics
Class and typeKatori-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement15,950 long tons (16,210 t) (normal)
Length456 ft 3 in (139.1 m)
Beam78 ft (23.8 m)
Draught27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Range12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement864
Armament
Armour

Katori (香取 (戦艦)) was the lead ship of the two Katori-class pre-dreadnought battleships built in the first decade of the 20th century, the last to be built by British shipyards for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Ordered just before the start of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, the ship was completed a year after its end. She saw no combat during World War I, although the ship was present when Japan joined the Siberian Intervention in 1918. Katori was disarmed and scrapped in 1923–1925 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.