Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

A clear, colorized view of KATORI. This picture shows off her weapons fit very clearly! DFO

Katori Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Kashima pictured at Yokosuka on August 18th 1906.

Lead Ship, Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Katori pictured with sister Yashima at Yokohama on March 3rd 1921...On this day Katori, escorted by Kashima, departed Yokohama bound for Great Britain carrying Crown Prince Hirohito, the first Japanese crown prince to travel abroad. The ships arrived at Portsmouth on May 9th and Hirohito left the ship to tour Europe; he boarded the Battleship again in Naples several months later for the voyage home.She was disarmed in April 1922, stricken from the Navy List on September 20th 1923 and scrapped at Maizuru Naval Arsenal by January 29th 1925 to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Her guns were turned over to the Imperial Japanese Army for use as coastal artillery; one main-gun turret was emplaced near Tokyo Bay in 1925–1932 and another was installed on Iki Island in the Strait of Tsushima in 1929. The remaining guns were placed in reserve and ultimately scrapped in 1943.

Katori Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Kashima pictured c1908.