Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: ko te kaipuke matua o te o mua-dreadnought kaipuke whawhai i hangaia mo te Imperial Japanese Navy e te kamupene Ingarangi o Thames Iron Works i te mutunga o te 1890s. I uru te kaipuke ki te Pakanga a Ruhia-Hapani o 1904-1905, tae atu ki te Pakanga o Port Arthur i te ra tuarua o te pakanga me tana tuahine. I whawhai a "Fuji" i te
Ko nga pakanga o te Moana Whero me Tsushima a he iti noa te kino i te mahi whakamutunga. I whakarōpūhia te kaipuke hei kaipuke parenga takutai i te tau 1910 a i mahi hei kaipuke whakangungu mo te toenga o tana mahi. I whakakorehia ia i te tau 1922 a i te mutunga ka pakaru mo te pakaru i te tau 1948.