Tag: Navy
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Japanese Battlecruiser Kirishima
Japanese Battlecruiser Kirishima Laid down on the 17th of March 1912 and launched on the 1st of December 1913, Kirishima was the third of the four-ship Kongō-class battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her three sisters were Kongō, Hiei and Haruna. Commissioned into the fleet on the 19th of April 1915, she saw no Read more
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Japanese Battlecruiser Kurama
Japanese Battlecruiser Kurama Commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on the 28th of February 1911, Kurama was an Ibuki-class armoured cruiser. On 28 August 1912, the Ibukis were reclassified as battlecruisers. Kurama attended the Coronation Fleet Review for King George V at Spithead on 25 June 1911. During the First World War, she protected British Read more
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Japanese Battlecruiser Ibuki
Japanese Battlecruiser Ibuki Commissioned on 11 November 1907, Ibuki was originally classified as an armoured cruiser. On 28 August 1912, the Ibuki and her sister ship Kurama were re-classified as battlecruisers. During the First World War, Ibuki along with the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, Ibuki escorted a convoy consisting of 20,000 Australian and New Read more