Japanese battleship Mikasa lost due to explosion according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 13 September 1905

An item dated Tokyo, Japan 12th reported that on board of the Japanese battleship Mikasa fire broke out and that she exploded taking with her 599 men.(1)

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1. Modified British Formidable-class battleships, preceded by Asahi succeeded by Katori-class, building ordered on 26 September 1898, laid down by Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness, England on 24 January 1899, launched on 8 November 1900, commissioned on 1 March 1902, sunk at Sasebo in the night of 11-12 September 1905, 251 men killed, refloated on 7 August 1906, repaired and modified, recommissioned on 24 August 1908, reclassified as 1st clas coast defence ship, stricken on 20 September 1923, still existing.