Kii class battleship
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| Career Japan | |
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| Laid down: | intended 1922-3 |
| Launched: | intended 1925 |
| Status: | Never built |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 48,500t full load |
| Length: | 826ft |
| Beam: | 100ft |
| Draught: | 31ft |
| Propulsion: | 4-shaft turbines, 19 Kampon boilers |
| Speed: | 29.75kt |
| Range: | 8000nm at 14kts |
| Complement: | |
| Armament: | 10x 16in 45cal rifles
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| Armour: | 11.5in belt, 4.5in deck |
The Kii class was a planned battleship design of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Planned in 1921, the first two vessels Kii and Owari would have been laid down in 1923 and 1922 respectively, and two un-named ships known as No.11 and No.12 were also planned. However, they were cancelled because of the limitations on building introduced by the Washington Naval Treaty.
The design was an improved Kaga-class design, itself an evolution of the Nagato class.
