Mikasa (1900) — Japanese Battleship Model, 36 in
Mikasa (1900) — Japanese Battleship Model, 36 in
How big is it?
Length about 91 cm / 36.0 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 36 in / 91 cm
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Battle Ship Models
- Item no.
- CM584
The larger edition of Tōgō's flagship, at 36 inches.
Specification
- 36 inches
- Handcrafted hull and superstructure
- Twin main turrets with individual barrel detail
- Casemate secondary battery, military masts with fighting tops
- Twin funnels, ventilators, boats and deck fittings
- Mounted on a display base with nameplate
- Fully assembled
A pre-dreadnought
Mikasa belongs to the generation immediately before HMS Dreadnought made everything else obsolete. Four large guns fore and aft, and a numerous secondary battery in casemates along the hull — the ports you can see cut into her sides.
The theory was that many medium guns firing fast would decide a battle at close range. Tsushima was fought at longer ranges than anyone expected, the big guns did the damage, and within a year Dreadnought had abandoned the mixed battery entirely.
Mikasa is one of the last surviving examples of a warship type that lasted barely fifteen years.
Preserved
Set in concrete at Yokosuka since 1926, and restored after the Second World War with American assistance — Admiral Nimitz personally supported the campaign.