Banru Maru ( 蟠 竜 丸 ) was a schooner of the Tokugawa Shogunate fleet. After the fall, the shogunate was part of the Tokugawa Republic of Ezo's loyalist fleet during the Bosin War in Japan. The schooner, a three-masted ship with slanting sails , had a length of 137.2 feet (41.8 meters), a width of 17.11 feet (5.45 meters), a draft of 10.7 feet (3.23 meters) and a displacement of 370 tons. She was armed with six 12-pound bronze guns of 121 mm caliber. Built in 1856 by the shipyard, London , UK. It was decommissioned in 1888 and dismantled in 1897 [1] [2] [3] .
| Banru Maru | |
|---|---|
| 蟠 竜 丸 | |
 Banru Maru (1868) | |
| Service | |
   Japan | |
| Title | Banru Maru |
| original name | 蟠 竜 丸 |
| Class and type of vessel | Schooner |
| Type of sailing weapon | three-masted schooner with slanting sails |
| Manufacturer | , London |
| Construction started | 1856 year |
| Launched | 1856 year |
| Commissioned | 1857 year |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | decommissioned in 1888 , disassembled in 1897 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 370 tons ( BM ) |
| Length | 137.2 ft (41.8 m) |
| Width | 17.11 feet (5.45 m) |
| Draft | 10.7 feet (3.23 m) |
| Engines | Sails, steam engine 60 hp |
| Speed | 7.7 knots |
| Crew | 58 people |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 6 × 12 pounds 121 mm caliber guns |
Banru Maru was destroyed by the Imperial warship at the 1869 naval battle in Hakodate Bay.
Notes
- ↑ Yacht presented to the Emperor on 26 August 1858
- ↑ [1] Story of this ship
- ↑ [2] More on the ship
Literature
- Eugène Collache , Unaventure au Japon , in Le Tour du Monde No.77, 1874.
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