Japanese warship Chōyō Maru
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Chōyō Maru was an early sail and screw-driven steam corvette. She was ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate ruling Japan during the Bakumatsu period from the Netherlands and served as a training vessel, a
Chōyō Maru in 1868 painting
Japanese barque Kankō Maru
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Kankō Maru was Japan's first steam-powered warship. It was presented to the Tokugawa shogunate ruling Japan during the Bakumatsu period as a gift from King William III of the Netherlands to assist Jan
Japanese warship Chōyō Maru
…with Dutch adviser Lieutenant H. van Kattendijke leading a team of Dutch sailors to provide training. Also at the Nagasaki Naval Training Center were Kankō Maru and Kanrin Maru. These ships were joined a month later by Nagasaki (later called Denryu Maru), a sister ship of Chōyō Maru which had been purchased by…
Kankō Maru, Japan's first steam warship, 1855
Kankō Maru (replica)