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HIJMS Settsu

Settsu was the second and last of the Kawachi-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Unlike her sister ship, Kawachi, Settsu had a clipper bow that made her 7 2.1 m longer than her sister. The ship had an overall length of 162.5m, a beam of 25.7 m, and a normal draft of 8.5 m. She displaced 21,443 long tons at normal load. Her crew ranged from 999 to 1100 officers and enlisted men. Settsu was laid down at Kure Naval Arsenal on 18 January 1909. She was launched on 30 March 1911 and completed on 1 July 1912 at a cost of ¥11,010,000. Settsu was named after Settsu Province. Captain Morihide Tanaka assumed command on 1 December and the ship was assigned to the First Squadron. She spent most of the following year training and patrolling off the coast of China. When World War I began in August 1914, Settsu was at Kure. Together with her sister Kawachi, the pre-dreadnought Satsuma, and her escorts, Settsu sailed to intercept Maximilian Von Spee's German East Asia Squadron as they attemped to slip out of Qingdao, and the jaws of the Japanese Navy. Settsu was positioned behind her sister Kawachi, with Satsuma trailing behind her. When Admiral Dewa Shigetō aboard Kawachi gave the order, Settsu fired a full broadside at the armored cruiser Gneisenau. Gneisenau was hit twice with Settsu's 12 inch guns, one amidships, the other abreast the fourth funnel. Her sister Kawachi followed up with salvoes, hitting Gneisenau four times, knocking out her power, and leaving the cruiser adrift. Scharnhorst fired at Settsu, but the shells passed over her bow harmlessly. Settsu would go on to later sink the Leipzig and Emden with her guns, while her sister Kawachi destroyed Gneisenau. Settsu, near the end of the battle, finally finished off the wounded Gneisenau. She was discarded in 1922 alongside Kawachi, in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty.