Japan's 114-year-old battleship Mikasa: A relic of another time

CNET ^ | August 5, 2016 | Geoffrey Morrison

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An hour south of Tokyo, on the edge of the bay is a piece of history unique in the world. Embedded in concrete just a few feet from the water is the 114-year-old battleship Mikasa. It's the only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship, not to mention one of the only Imperial navy vessels still intact from that era.

After 21 years in service, the Mikasawas decommissioned, but not scrapped. Instead she was preserved at the request of the Japanese government, with her engines and armament removed, and her hull encased in concrete.

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The first time a European power was defeated by and Asian one.

Not quite - that would be Genghis Khan and the Eoropeam powers would be the Kievan Rus and the Georgians.

Then, there’s the battle of Budapest where Jebe and Subedei ran circles around the Hungarians but that’s a topic for a different day.

One can also point to Attila’s Huns but then again he was finally beaten back.

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They’ve tried to get the money to do that but so far are still short a few million.