they were designed to be the best they
met enemies face to face endured
tragedies and enjoyed victories they
went down in history due to the bravery
of their crews they are the ships that
deserve to be called naval legends
in this episode battleship Mikasa the
flagship for the legendary Admiral Togo
Heihachiro
there is often a mystical connection
between a ship and those who serve on it
a perfect example of this is the story
of Admiral Togo Heihachiro and his
battleship Mikasa
in the late 19th century Japan launched
an ambitious shipbuilding program that
intended to put a hundred and eleven
warships into service over a period of
ten years the new ships were meant to be
the best in the world and remain up to
date despite the rapid development of
naval engineering Mikasa became the last
of four Japanese battleships built under
that program
simcha Mikasa battleship Mikasa was
built at the Vicker shipyard England
starting from 1899 until 1902 at the
cost of 15 million yen yahwah Odin this
was equal to six percent of the Japanese
government budget which was 260 million
yen it was a very expensive project for
the country at the time we sure got
filled with Japanese government leaders
acknowledged that the further
development of the country was only
possible through the adoption of
advanced farm technologies she's a
greenish nistrim you douche away the
most with the 19th century the leading
naval power in the world was Great
Britain to be dictated by a thumbs up
therefore it is hardly worth mentioning
that the Japanese Navy was based on a
British Traditions in technologies
England provided Japan with a superb
battleship equipped with
state-of-the-art weaponry engines and
all the English people wondered why are
we building such an advanced ship for
Japan it is way more advanced than any
of our ships but Englishmen used the
experience they gained during the
construction and built their next ship
which was even more advanced and
considerably less expensive than
battleship Mikasa however at the time of
its construction
Mikasa was the most powerful ship in the
world even more powerful than British
warships
the new battleship was worth its price
tag she was one of the most advanced
warships in not only Japan but the whole
world total displacement fifteen
thousand nine hundred and seventy nine
tons the second among all battleships in
the world at that time length 432 feets
beam 76 feet draft 27 feet armament the
primary armament of Mikasa have complied
with the applicable standards of that
time two twin Barbet mounted mark nine
guns by the Armstrong company
caliber 12 inches
medium-caliber 14 qf Elswick ordnance
company guns caliber 6 inches 10 of
these guns arranged in the common
battery on the side gave me casa a great
advantage in battle secondary armament
20 Elswick packin em guns caliber 3
inches small caliber artillery 12
Hotchkiss guns caliber 2 inches torpedo
tubes 4 submerge beam torpedo tubes
armor has an English design it is
compact in size and reliable in
protecting vital parts of the ship main
belt 4 to 9 inches upper belt 6 inches
main turrets 8 to 10 inches conning
tower 14 inches the mechanical equipment
also met the higher standards of that
time powerplant to Vickers engines and
25 Belleville water-tube boilers power
16,000 horsepower maximum speed 18 knots
cruising range about 4,000 nautical
miles at a speed of 10 knots NICUs RR
sekai no kaigoon no casa greatly
influenced both the further development
of Japanese naval artillery and tactics
in sea battles back in those times there
was a popular opinion that a huge ship
equipped with powerful guns guaranteed
an easy victory
poor Agha ah sure Horace McConnell's on
this is the main battery of battleship
Mikasa each shell weighed 882 pounds the
effective range amounted to over 5
nautical miles the shell on the right is
a high explosive shell this one on the
left is an armor-piercing shell during
the russo-japanese war high-explosive
shells were used more often by our ships
polka dot
die young horse to this this is the gun
room number four here you can see a
six-inch gun canoodle the gun slit was
open in the beginning of a battle haha
I'm outta thought ten sailors operated
the gun oh you woke us no odd these
wheels were used to tilt the gun up or
down
in December 1903 Togo Heihachiro was
appointed to command the combined fleet
to the Imperial Japanese Navy which was
established that year he formed three
squadrons and took the lead of the first
squadron choosing Mikasa as his flagship
he established his headquarters on the
ship which became his home for two years
Oh wah toh bogan see this is where
Admiral Togo Heihachiro ate this is the
ship mess the decorations were also like
this when Mikasa was the flagship next
to the mess
there is the Admirals private cabin this
spacious room was for meetings held by
the officers of the ship then LAN real
Togo Heihachiro sat at the head of the
table surrounded by his officers they
ate and discussed plans in this room
Togo Heihachiro traveled a long and
difficult path to become the head of the
most powerful battleship at that time
in the Imperial Japanese Navy he started
from the very bottom of the career
ladder and rapidly moved up the ranks
constantly participating in sea battles
he felt the spirit of war with every
fiber of his being the future admiral of
the japanese fleet studied maths at
cambridge attended the Royal Naval
Academy in Portsmouth and Royal Naval
College in Greenwich during his stay in
Britain he understood what had helped
this country maintain its status as
queen of the Seas through naval
knowledge centuries of battle experience
and advanced shipbuilding technology's
Kokkola because Hanano got there this is
the only part of Mikasa where you can
see the ship's original deck made of
teak during the battle mother they would
place a hoist system here to lift shells
to the upper decks this deck is about
110 years old but is still in good
condition teak is a very hard type of
wood a kind of thought and it doesn't
rock as you can see there God will not
come from this
kakuka so you know this is the
wheelhouse various equipment for
steering the ship was mounted here these
systems were used to control the
propulsion system speeding up or slowing
down it's two shafts some of this
equipment is from another ship built by
the same shipyard but it's all identical
to the systems that were installed on
Mikasa this is the steering wheel the
inscriptions on it are in English
because Mikasa was built in England a
domestic open young guy Gumrah echo
cannot stand ATO they are tall oaks a
token how gaza british standards height
size and arrangement of guns we're very
different from those used in Japan dude
so Japanese sailors were forced to eat
beef and drink milk to become taller and
stronger however many members of the
crew couldn't eat animal products due to
their religion when the Navy began to
insist that they eat meat and drink milk
to become strong the sailors refused to
do that they can find themselves to the
lower deck and declared that they would
not come out the sailors were removed
and spent the next four years in prison
and we Casas crew was almost completely
renewed edik i
that way resolutely breaking its age-old
naval traditions Japan was building a
new Navy with Spartan conditions and
Japanese discipline the nation was
building the fighting spirit of its
sailors G Omega this weapon was operated
by about 10 million Naruto Kiba in those
times
every sailor assigned to the gun would
train eat and even rest here how is he
local the ones on duty would sleep in
these hammocks all these efforts were
not in vain by the beginning of the
russo-japanese war the Imperial Japanese
Navy had become a formidable power
a warrior spirit and good fortune became
the decisive factors for Vice Admiral
Togo and his flagship during the
russo-japanese war since its beginning
Mikasa was the primary target for the
Imperial Russian Navy the Battle of the
Yellow Sea the Battle of Tsushima each
time the Admirals battleship was
showered with a hail of shells but each
time because I managed to survive with
honor
multiple sailors and officers lost their
lives but Mikasa was still proudly
carrying the flag a lucky star was
guiding the Japanese commander in chief
and his flagship through all the battles
to victory the salafi rocks that are
starting with the very first battles
Mikasa was losing officers and sailors
to Russian shells
that's of Pierrot way ahead Merle
topless Admiral Togo stood on the open
bridge instead of the protected conning
tower why did he do that well firstly he
didn't have experience from a ninja
naval battles secondly from an open
bridge she could see the ships better
ready to fall in battle Togo was
observing the situation giving commands
and he only received light wounds in his
earlier engagements along with some of
the Battle of the Yellow Sea was a major
engagement of the russo-japanese war
the Russian squadron commanded by Rear
Admiral Pete gift was trying to break
through to Vladivostok just like Admiral
turgor lead gift preferred to stay on
the Oakland bridge and the very first
shell that hit the bridge was fatal for
him
mo nica Zahra Ichiban Oh No Kamala
raucous in the Battle of Tsushima Mikasa
also sustained more hits than any other
Japanese shin
despite this Admiral Togo and his
officers remained on the bridge when I
never stepped away from it yet and he
survived the Battle of Tsushima became a
triumph for the Japanese Navy and its
commander in chief three months later on
September 5 the russo-japanese war
concluded with a peace treaty the
Imperial Japanese Navy was getting ready
to celebrate the victory with a grand
naval parade in Tokyo Bay
so admiral togo and his staff left the
ship to the poor to the emperor and took
all his luck with him Mikasa never made
it to the parade book when she dismisses
posted a waka flocka just a month after
the commanders flag was taken down on me
cancer in the supporters pocket hospital
the battleship suffered a disaster on
September 11th 1905 a fire started in
her magazines and caused an explosion
while you will be stupid essentially it
took the lives of two hundred fifty men
with over 300 injured the explosion
created a huge breach in her holiday
immunity Makassar immediately began to
take on water and she sank on even keel
to the bottom of the sea save obey
the battleships brilliant career came to
an end the Japanese managed to lift and
repair Mikasa but the ship never managed
to regain her glory in 1925 the
battleship was taken to a custom-made
dock in Yokosuka where she was covered
with earth and concrete up to the
waterline
the legendary ship became a museum
the museum's opening ceremony was
attended by Admiral Togo who passed away
in 1934 Admiral Togo became a Japanese
national hero he received all of the
highest Mehra's possible orders Awards
honor and glory and he was put in charge
of the education of here at Ito the heir
apparent to the Emperor's throne
switched it seonhwa
Tyrol cut up after World War two
Mikasa was in ruin all the guns and most
of the systems were dismantled there
were proposals to sell the battleship as
scrap metal but this didn't happen then
the American military arranged a dance
hall on the gun deck Shawn when some
young Britons once saw this they wrote
to Japan times what is wrong with this
country while England has preserved HMS
Victory why can't the Japanese do this
for their ship the letter gathered a
wide public response in Japan and a
movement began to restore Mikasa and
reopen it as a museum
in order to restore the ship's historic
image most of her elements had to be
recreated anew today the exposition
onboard Mikasa is dedicated to Japan's
victory in the Battle of Tsushima and to
Admiral Togo Heihachiro they are
together again the Admiral and his
flagship
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