HobbyBoss 82002 1/200 IJN Battleship Mikasa (三笠) 1902 Print this pagePrint this page
HobbyBoss 82002 1/200 IJN Battleship Mikasa (三笠) 1902

Highlights:
- photo-etched parts

Availability: [In Stock]
Weight: 2.07 kg
Description
  • pre-dreadnought battleship (late 1890s)
  • Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
  • named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan,
  • commissioned: 1 March 1902
  • as the flagship of Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō(東郷 平八郎) during Russo-Japanese War, 1904~1905 (Battle of Port Arthur; Battle of the Yellow Sea & Battle of Tsushima)
  • After the war, Mikasa's magazine accidentally exploded and sank.
  • Mikasa was salvaged & repaired, then served as a coast-defence ship during World War I.
  • After decommissioned in 1922, Mikasa was preserved as a museum ship at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka(横須賀市).

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Battleship Mikasa at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka(横須賀市), 2006.
 
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Battleship Mikasa at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka(横須賀市), 2006.
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Statue of Togo Heihachiro - Commander-in-Chief of IJN during Russo-Japanese War, 1904~1905.