Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - The ya kasance aji biyu na pre-dreadnought battleships da aka gina don Navy na Imperial Japan a ƙarshen 1890s. Kamar yadda Japan ba ta da karfin masana'antu don gina irin wadannan jiragen ruwa, an tsara su kuma an gina su a Birtaniya. Jiragen ruwa sun halarci Yaƙin Russo-Japan na 1904<unk>1905, gami da Yaƙin Port Arthur a rana ta biyu ta yaƙin. "Hatsuse" ya nitse bayan ya bugi ma'adinai biyu a Port Arthur a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1904. "Shikishima" ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Tekun Yellow
Tsushima da Tsushima kuma an lalace shi a cikin aikin na karshe, kodayake harsasai sun fashe a cikin manyan bindigogi a cikin kowane yaƙi. An sake rarraba jirgin a matsayin jirgin ruwa na tsaro a shekarar 1921 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin jirgin horo har zuwa karshen aikinta. An kashe shi kuma ya rushe a 1923 kuma a karshe ya rushe don raguwa a 1948.