 The aiva maviri-chikepe kirasi pre-dreadnought battleships yakavakwa nokuti Imperial Japanese Navy mukupera 1890s. Sezvo Japan yakanga isina mano okuvaka ngarava dzehondo idzodzo, dzakagadzirwa ndokuvakwa muUK. Ngarava dzacho dzakapinda muHondo yeRussia neJapan ya1904-1905, kusanganisira Hondo yePort Arthur pazuva rechipiri rehondo. Hatsuse yakanyura pashure pokurova zvimbambaira zviviri paPort Arthur muna May 1904. Shikishima akarwa muhondo dzeGungwa reYellow neTsushimauye yakakuvadzwa zvishoma mukuita kwekupedzisira, kunyange zvazvo mabhomba akaputika nguva isati yakwana mumatomu epfuti dzayo huru muhondo imwe neimwe. Ngarava yacho yakashandurwa kuva ngarava yekudzivirira pamhenderekedzo yegungwa muna 1921 uye yakashanda sechikepe chekudzidzisa kwehupenyu hwake hwose. Yakanga isina zvombo uye yakasvibiswa muna 1923 uye pakupedzisira yakaparadzaniswa nokuda kwechigamba muna 1948. 