At least three warships of Japan have been named Hiei, after Mount Hiei:
Japanese ironclad Hiei, a 1870s Kongō-class ironclad corvette of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Japanese battleship Hiei, a 1912 Kongō-class battlecruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
JDS Hiei, a Haruna-class destroyer in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force from 1974 to 2011.
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Japan have been named Hiei, after Mount Hiei: Japanese ironclad Hiei, a 1870s Kongō-class ironclad corvette of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Japanese battleship Hiei...
Hiei (比叡) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, she was...
Hiei (比叡, Hiei) was the second and last vessel of the Kongō-class ironclad corvettes built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1870s. They were...
Hiei or Hiyei may refer to: Mount Hiei, northeast of Kyoto, JapanJapaneseshipHiei, several warships of the Japanese Navy Hiei (YuYu Hakusho), a fictional...
other types of Japanese sea vessels of war and naval ships used during wartime. Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II List of Japanese military equipment...
of Java, the Japanese fleet was surprised by the appearance of the destroyer USS Edsall. Hiei and Chikuma initially opened fire on the ship but failed to...
following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945. This list also includes ships before the official...
JS Hiei (DDH-142) was the second ship of the Haruna-class helicopter destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. The Haruna-class ships were...
Seized as a war prize, the ship would be repaired and commissioned into the Japanese fleet. The Japanese refloated the ship and Saikyō Maru, having been...
remained behind to assist Hiei. Samidare picked up survivors from Yūdachi at 03:00 before joining the other Japaneseships in the retirement northwards...
were the most active capital ships of the IJN during the Pacific War, participating in most of the major engagements. Hiei and Kirishima acted as escorts...
occurred. Hiei was damaged and the following day was sunk by American aircraft, becoming the first Japanese battleship to be lost in the war. The Japanese then...
the two-ship Ibuki class of armored cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kurama was named after Mount Kurama located north of Kyoto, Japan. On 28 August...
reinforcements on Guadalcanal. On 15 November 1942, following the Japanese defeat and loss of Hiei and Kirishima during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the 3rd...
the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan. Nagara,...
Imperial Japanese Navy ship classifications went through various changes between 1871 and 1945, as technology changed and new ship classes were added...
Japanese Navy in 1912. List of Japanese battleships List of Japanese battlecruisers List of destroyers of Japan Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy...
[Why did Nobunaga Oda burn down Mount Hiei? The all-too-obvious reason.]. Yahoo! News (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved 7 August 2023. Watanabe, Daimon...
Savo Island in the Solomon Islands. Hiei is the fourth Japanese battleship found by Petrel's crew. The Japanese battleship Musashi was found in March...
were considered to "outclass all other [contemporary] ships". Kongō was completed in August 1913, Hiei in August 1914, and Haruna and Kirishima in April 1915...
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