Mikasa (1900) — Japanese Battleship Model, 30 in
Mikasa (1900) — Japanese Battleship Model, 30 in
How big is it?
Length about 76 cm / 30.0 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 30 in / 76 cm
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Battle Ship Models
- Item no.
- CM453
The oldest surviving steel battleship in the world, at 30 inches.
Specification
- 30 inches
- Handcrafted hull and superstructure
- Twin main turrets, casemate secondary armament and deck fittings
- Military masts, fighting tops, funnels and boats
- Mounted on a display base with nameplate
- Fully assembled
History
Mikasa was built at Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness and delivered to Japan in 1902. Three years later she was Admiral Tōgō's flagship at Tsushima.
On 27 May 1905 the Russian Baltic Fleet arrived in the Tsushima Strait after sailing 18,000 miles around the world. Tōgō turned his line across their bow — the manoeuvre known as crossing the T — and in two days destroyed it: eleven Russian ships sunk against three Japanese torpedo boats.
It was the first time an Asian power had decisively beaten a European one at sea, and it changed how the world understood Japan.
She is preserved at Yokosuka, in concrete, permanently.