Kayo Maru ( Jap. 開 陽 丸 ) - was one of the first modern warships in Japan, a frigate having both a steam engine and sails. It was built in the Netherlands and took part in the Boshin War as part of the Tokugawa Shogunate Navy, and then as part of the Ezo Navy. It sank on November 15, 1868, in Esashi , Hokkaido , Japan [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] .
| Kayo maru | |
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| 陽 丸 | |
 Kayo Maru (circa 1867) | |
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| Title | Kayo maru |
| original name | 陽 丸 |
| Ship class and type | Frigate |
| Type of sailing equipment | Three-masted ship |
| Manufacturer | C.Gips and Sons, Dordrecht , the Netherlands |
| Construction started | August 1863 |
| Launched | November 3, 1865 |
| Commissioned | September 10, 1866 |
| Removed from the fleet | Sunk on November 15, 1868 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2,590 tons ( BM ) |
| Length | 236.11 feet (72.2 m) |
| Width | 42.9 ft (13.04 m) |
| Draft | 21 feet (6.4 m) |
| Engines | Sails, steam engine 400 hp |
| Sail area | 20,970 m² |
| Travel speed | 10 knots (12 mph, 19 km / h) |
| Crew | 350-500 people |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 31 |
Launching Kayo Maru Dordrecht , the Netherlands, 1865
Part of the Enomoto Takeaki fleet in Shinagawa , 1868. Kayyo Maru second on the right
Modern copy of Kayyo Maru in Esashi
Notes
- ↑ Fogel, Reischauer, Rapoport, 1979 , p. 6
- ↑ Otterspeer, 1989 , p. 367.
- ↑ Catharinus, Meerdervoort, Pino, Bowers, 1970 , p. 62.
- ↑ Torimoto, 2016 , p. 27.
- ↑ Blussé, Remmelink, Smits, 2000 , p. 183.
- ↑ Morris, 1906 , p. 80
- ↑ Keene, 2010 , pp. 126-127.
- ↑ Black, 1881 , pp. 238–239.
- ↑ Marr, 1970 , p. 39
- ↑ Irish, 2009 , p. 102
Literature
Books
- Black, John Reddie. Young Japan: Yokohama and Yedo. - Trubner & Company, 1881. - ISBN 9781354805008 .
- Blussé, Leonard; Remmelink, Willem; Smits, Ivo. Bridging the Divide: 400 Years, the Netherlands – Japan. - Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2000. - ISBN 978-9074822244 .
- Catharinus, Johannes Lijdius; Meerdervoort, Pompe van; Pino, E .; Bowers, John Z. Doctor on Pigee van Meerdervoort's Vijf Jaren in Japan [Selected Chapters from JLC]. - 41st. - Sophia University, 1970. - P. 62.
- Fogel, Joshua; Reischauer, Edwin O .; Rapoport, Mitchell. Japan '79: A New York Times Survey. - New York: Arno Press, 1979. - ISBN 9780405117534 .
- Irish, Ann B. Hokkaido: Northern Island. - Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2009. - ISBN 9780786454655 .
- Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan Meiji and His World, 1852–1912. - New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. - ISBN 9780231518116 .
- Morris, J. Makers of Japan. - Methuen & Company, 1906. - ISBN 9781290943482 .
- Marr, John C. The Kuroshio: A Symposium on the Japan Current. - Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1970. - ISBN 9780824800901 .
- Otterspeer, Willem. Leiden Oriental Connections 1850–1940. - Leiden: Brill, 1989. - ISBN 90-04-09022-3 .
- Torimoto, Ikuko. Immigration to the United States, 1868–1924. - McFarland, 2016. - ISBN 9781476627342 .
Magazines
- Araki, S. Ruins on the ocean floor (Salvaging the Kaiyo Maru). (English) // In: Mitchell, CT (ed). Diving for Science ... 1985. : journal. - Proceedings of the Joint American Academy of Underwater Sciences and Confederation Mondiale des Activits Subaquatiques of annual scientific diving symposium 31 October - 3 November 1985 La Jolla, California, USA, 1985.