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Hizen Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
肥前 [Hizen] (ex-Ретвизан [Retvizan])		300	Cramp, Philadelphia, USA // Sasebo K K	30.7.1899	23.10.1900	12/1901 // 11.1908	stricken 9.1923

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	12700
Displacement full, t	12902
Length, m	116.5 wl 117.9 oa
Breadth, m	22.0
Draught, m	7.92
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 24 Niclausse boilers
Power, h. p.	17000
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	coal 2000
Endurance, nm(kts)	8800(10)
Armour, mm	belt: 229 - 127 (51 at ship ends), bulkheads: 178, upper belt: 152, battery and casemates: 127, deck: 76 - 51, barbettes: 203, turrets: 229 - 203, CT: 254
Armament	2 x 2 - 305/38 (rus), 12 x 1 - 152/43 Canet, 14 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement	791

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Project history

Former Russian Retvizan, scuttled 6.12.1904 in Port Arthur. She was captured as a trophy, salvaged 22.9.1905, repaired and commissioned in November, 1908 as Hizen.

Ship protection

Main belt extended at full ship length from 1.2m under to 1.1m over wl. Its thickness was 229mm tapering to 127mm at lower edge at 78.0m length between turrets. Upper belt extended to upper deck was 152mm thick at placed between turrets. Both belts were closed by 178mm bulkheads abreast turrets. Thickness of main belt decreased up to 51mm outside citadel. Main deck was 51mm thick at flat part and had 76mm slopes.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

 In the First World War beginning she participated in searches for a squadron of admiral Spee. 1.9.1921 she was reclassified to coast defence ship and disarmed next year. After disposal she was converted to target and sunk in manoeuvres in July, 1924 in Bungo Strait.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.