Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - shi ne babban jirgin ruwa na aji na biyu na pre-dreadnought battleships da aka gina don Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa na Imperial Japan ta British shipyards a ƙarshen 1890s. A lokacin Yaƙin Russo-Japan na 1904<unk>1905, jirgin ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙe-yaƙe na Port Arthur, Tekun Yellow
Tsushima da Tsushima kuma an lalace shi a cikin aikin na ƙarshe, kodayake harsasai sun fashe a cikin manyan bindigogi a cikin abubuwan da suka faru a baya. "Shikishima" ya kasance a cikin ruwan gida a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I. An sake sanya shi a matsayin jirgin ruwa mai kare bakin teku a 1921 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin jirgin horo har zuwa ƙarshen aikinta. An kashe jirgin da kuma hulled a 1923 kuma a karshe ya rushe don rushewa a 1948.