Japanese Battleship Kawachi
The Kawachi (河内?) was the lead ship of the two-ship Kawachi-class of semi-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and launched in 1910. The name Kawachi comes from Kawachi Province, now a part of Osaka prefecture.
Kawachi had a sister ship, the Settsu, which had a clipper bow as opposed to the straight bow of the Kawachi.
An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the skip sank the Kawachi on 12 July 1918, with the loss of 621 officers and crew.
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