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Hardware HIJMS Mikasa

Specifications

Machinery: 25 Belleville boilers, two vertical triple-expansion (VTE) steam engines

Coal: 700 tons (standard load); 1,521 tons (full load)

Length: 432 feet

Width: 76 feet

Draft: 27 feet

Standard displacement: 15,140 tons

Speed: 18 knots

Maximum range: 7,000 miles at

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