Kurama

Ibuki-Class Battlecruisers were built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the years of 1905 to 1911 at Kure & Yokosuka Naval Arsenals.  There were 2 of this class built.

Ibuki-Class Battlecruisers served between the years of 1909 to1921.

Preceded by:  Tsukuba class

Succeeded by: Kongō class

Ibuki-Class Battlecruisers started out as armored Cruisers, but in 1912 or reclassified as battlecruisers. The development of the battlecruiser the year before Ibuki was completed made her and her sister ship Kurama obsolete before they were completed because the foreign battlecruisers were much more heavily armed and faster. They played no significant parts in any military campaigns and were retired and scrapped in 1923.