 Hatsuse ( 初瀬 , Hatsuse ) was a Shikishima @-@ class pre @-@ dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British firm of Armstrong Whitworth in the late 1890s . The ship participated in the early stages of the Russo @-@ Japanese War of 1904 – 1905 , including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war . She was involved in the subsequent operations until she struck two mines off Port Arthur in May 1904 . The second mine detonated one of her magazines and Hatsuse sank almost immediately afterwards with the loss of over half her crew . 
