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Japanese battleship Shikishima

1898 Shikishima-class battleship
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Japanese battleship Shikishima
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Summary

Japanese battleship Shikishima is a pre-dreadnought battleship[1].

Key Facts

  • Instance of: kaibokan[2], military training ship[3]
  • Operator: Imperial Japanese Navy[4]
  • Manufacturer: Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company[5]
  • Vessel class: Shikishima-class battleship[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[7]
  • Significant event: ship launching[8], keel laying[9]
  • Native label: 敷島[10]
  • Short name: Shikishima[11]
  • Different from: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma[12]
  • Length: 126.5 m[13]
  • Width: 23.4 m[14]
  • Speed: 18 knot[15]
  • Beam: 23.4 m[16]
  • Draft: 8.29 m[17]
  • Name: Shikishima[18]
  • Country of registry: Empire of Japan[19]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Japanese battleship Shikishima include Shikishima-class battleship[20], a ship class[21], founded in 1898[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Shikishima-class battleship[20], a ship class[21], founded in 1898[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'fi', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'v
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  2. 6w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+23.4'}
    Operator → —
    Manufacturer → Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
    Beam → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+23.4'}
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