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Description: | H.I.J.M.S "AKI" FIRST CLASS BATTLE SHIP LAUNCHED IN 1907. LENGTH. 492' - 0" BREADTH. 83' - 6" DEPTH. 44' - 6". DRAUGHT. 27' - 6" DISPLACEMENT. 19800 HORSEPOWER. 24000 SPEED. 20 ARMAMENT 12" GUNS 4. 10" GUNS 12. 6" GUNS 8. 12 PDR. GUNS 12. MAXIM. GUN 4. 18" TORPEDO TUBES. 5. PROTECTION BELT. 9" DECK. 2" BARBETTE. 9" MACHINERY TWIN SCREW CURTIS TURBINES KURE NAVY YARD.
Plaque for the model of the Aki (1907).
Loaned to the Naval Ordnance Museum with 1907-5, 1871-3, 1890-1, 1910-3 & 1929-1. The earlier Japanese battleships followed British designs very closely, the ships being actually built in Great Britain. In the ?Aki? and ?Satsuma?, the first battleships built in Japan, the resemblance to the British ?Lord Nelson? was still noticeable, though not so striking, the Japanese ships being much larger and faster. The ?Aki? was built at Kure and was the first large Japanese ship to have turbine engines; these were made in the United States. ?Aki?s? armament was formidable: four 12-inch, twelve 10-inch, eight 6-inch, and eight 3-inch guns. Almost 20,000 tons displacement, she had a cruising speed of 20.5 knots. She was struck off the navy list in 1923.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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