It's the only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship ... and 4 torpedo tubes. The Mikasa, named for a mountain in Japan, first served in the Russo-Japanese War where she took part in several ...

Togo Heihachiro, “the Nelson of the East,” who rode the Mikasa to victory in the Battle of Tsushima Strait. The historic Japanese battleship, built and commissioned at Vickers Shipbuilding in ...

Mikasa! The name of the mighty Japanese battleship will be as familiar to the world's naval historians as it is now to viewers of NHK's Sunday evening drama "Saka no Ue no Kumo" ("Clouds Over the ...

In 1910, Chile bought a battleship. Fifty years later, Chester Nimitz ensured that parts of that ship would complete the restoration of the Japanese battleship Mikasa, Togo’s flagship at the ...

Forty of the crew were killed and injured on board the Japanese battleship Kashima by the explosion ... the sinking of Admiral Togo's flagship, the Mikasa is the most serious disaster which ...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has found the wreck of a long-lost World War II Japanese battleship near the Philippines. The philanthropist posted images on Twitter that appeared to show ...

In 1910, Chile bought a battleship. Fifty years later, Chester Nimitz ensured that parts of that ship would complete the restoration of the Japanese battleship Mikasa, Togo’s flagship at the ...

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