Japanese battleship Kashima launched in England according to the Dutch newspaper De Sumatra post dated 24 March 1905

An item dated Singapore 24th reported that at Elswick, England the Japanese battleship Kashima was launched in the presence of the Japanese ambassador in England Hayashi.(1)

Note

1. Part of the Katori-class, preceded by Mikasa and succeeded by Satsuma-class, building ordered in 1904, laid down with yard number 755 by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick on 29 February 1904, launched on 22 March 1905, completed on 23 May 1906, decommissioned in April 1922, stricken on 20 September 1923 and broken up in 1924.