Shell exploded on board of Japanese battle cruiser Haruna according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1920 no. 8

Kongo-class

Haruna

Haruna

An item referred to the magazine Moniteur de la Flotte dated 16 October 1920 reporting that on board of the Japanese battle cruiser Haruna on 13 September a 35,6cm shell exploded killing 1 officer and 4 sailors and wounding a petty officer and 8 sailors.(1)

Note
1. Of the Kongo-class consisting of the Kongo, Haruna, Hiei and Kirishima. Laid down at the Kawasaki Dockyard Company, Kobe, Japan on 16 March 1912, launched on 14 December 1913, completed on 19 April 1915, reconstructed into a battleship 1926-July 1928, reconstructed into a fast battleship between 1 August 1933-30 September 1934, sunk by American planes on 28 July 1945 and finally broken up in 1946. Designed by the British naval engineer George Thurston.