Friday, July 5, 2013

WWI`s Japanese Battleship Satsuma In 1/800 Scale - by Papercraft Etsutan


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Model Assembled and Photo by Etsutan

Satsuma was a semi-dreadnought type battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built in Japan by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. The name Satsuma comes from Satsuma Province, now a part of Kagoshima prefecture. Satsuma was the first ship in the world to be designed and laid down as an all-big-gun battleship, although gun shortages caused HMS Dreadnought to be the first one to be completed. She was also the largest battleship in the world at the time of her launch, which was witnessed by Emperor Meiji. After commissioning at Yokosuka on March 25, 1906, Satsuma was assigned to the IJN 1st Fleet. The Satsuma was launched on November 15, 1906 and later participated in World War I, patrolling the sea lanes south of Japan, in the South China Sea and the Yellow Sea, and assisting in the occupation of the former German Caroline Islands, and in the Battle of Tsingtao. After the war, Satsuma was used as a support vessel, to cover the landings of Japanese troops in Russia during Japan's Siberian Intervention. Satsuma was scrapped to comply with the provisions of the 1922 Washington Treaty, and was used as a target, being sunk by gunfire 30 nautical miles (56 km) northeast of Miyakejima from the Kongō and Hyūga on September 7, 1924. - Wikipedia

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The Real Thing

Satsuma era um navio semi-couraçado de batalha da Marinha Imperial Japonesa, projetado e construído no Japão pela Yokosuka Arsenal Naval. Satsuma foi o primeiro navio no mundo a ser concebido e definido como um navio de guerra "armado até os dentes", embora a escassez de armas fez com que o navio norte-americano HMS Dreadnought fosse o primeiro dessa casse a ser concluído. Ele também foi o maior navio de guerra do mundo em sua época, o que foi testemunhado pelo imperador Meiji. Após ser lançado ao mar em Yokosuka, no dia 25 de março de 1906, Satsuma foi designado para a primeira frota da Marinha Imperial Japonesa. O Satsuma foi lançado no dia 15 novembro de 1906 e mais tarde participou da primeira Guerra Mundial, patrulhando as rotas marítimas ao sul do Japão, no Mar da China Meridional e do Mar Amarelo, e ajudar na ocupação das antigas Ilhas Carolinas alemães, e na Batalha de Tsingtao. Após a guerra, Satsuma foi usado como um navio de apoio, para cobrir os desembarques de tropas japonesas na Rússia durante a Intervenção Japonesa na Sibéria. O Satsuma foi desarmado em conformidade com as disposições do Tratado de 1922, em Washington, e usado como alvo, sendo afundado por tiros à 30 milhas náuticas (56 km) a nordeste de Miyakejima do Kongō e Hyuga em 7 de setembro de 1924. - Wikipedia


Link to download the model: WWI`s.Japanese.Battleship.Satsuma.In.1/800.Scale.by.Papercraft.Etsutan


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