Satsuma-Class
Semi-Dreadnoughts - Satsuma-class were Japan's largest pre-dreadnought battleships. 2 ships commissioned 1910-1911. Mixed main battery: Four 12-inch + twelve 10-inch guns. 18.5 knots. Obsolete when completed (HMS Dreadnought launched 1906). Never saw combat. Both scrapped 1922-1923 under Washington Naval Treaty. Represented Japan's pre-dreadnought peak before Kawachi-class true dreadnoughts.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 19372 t
- Displacement (full)
- 20100 t
- Length
- 492.1 ft
- Beam
- 83.7 ft
- Crew
- 887
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1910-1911
- Decommissioned
- 1922-1923 (scrapped per Washington Treaty)
Performance
- Top speed
- 20 kn
- Range
- 9100 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 4× 305mm/45 (12-inch) - two twin turrets
- Secondary guns
- 12× 254mm/45 (10-inch) - six twin turrets
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 9 inches (230mm)
- Deck
- 2 inches (50mm)
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 17.24
- Research cost
- 1,517
- Credit cost
- 12,068
Notable
- Largest Japanese battleships when built (1910)
- Semi-dreadnought design (mixed caliber main battery)
- Built to compete with major powers
- Both scrapped under Washington Treaty (1922-1923)
- Never saw combat