Japanese warship Hiei - Kongo Class Battlecruiser

Hiei - warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the second of four Kongo-class battlecruisers - formally commissioned in 1914. Battlecruisers carried less armour than Battleships, allowing them more speed, but often had similar weaponry and were of a similar size. Date: circa 1915