Japanese battleship Kaiyō Maru
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 Tokugawa Shogunate
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| Name: | Kaiyō Maru |
| Ordered: | 1863 |
| Builder: | C.Gips and Sons, Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| Laid down: | August 1863 |
| Launched: | 3 November 1865 |
| Commissioned: | 10 September 1866 |
| Fate: | Became part of navy of Ezo Republic 1868 |
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 Ezo Republic
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| Name: | Kaiyō Maru |
| Acquired: | 1868 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 15 November 1868 |
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| Type: | Frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,590 long tons (2,632 t) |
| Length: | 72.2 m (236 ft 11 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 13.04 m (42 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Coal-fired auxiliary steam engine, 400 hp |
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| Speed: | 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
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Kaiyō Maru (開陽丸) was one of Japan's first modern warships, a frigate powered by both sails and steam. She was built in the Netherlands, and served in the Boshin War as part of the navy of the Tokugawa shogunate, and later as part of the navy of the Republic of Ezo. She was wrecked on 15 November 1868, off Esashi, Hokkaido, Japan.
Kaiyō Maru was ordered in 1863, and built by Cornelis Gips and Sons, in Dordrecht, Netherlands, for a sum of 831,200 guilders. Her construction was overseen by a Japanese military mission under Uchida Masao and Akamatsu Noriyoshi. She was launched in October of 1866, and arrived in Japan in November of the same year. She was the largest wooden warship ever built by a Dutch shipyard at the time. She was 240 feet (73 m) long.
In January 1868 Kaiyō Maru was engaged in a battle off of Awaji, where she, Emperor, and Fujiyama battled against the Satsuma Navy's Lotus, Kang Su, and Scotland. In this battle Scotland was sunk off the coast of Awa.
In late January of 1868, Kaiyō Maru, Kanrin Maru, Hōō Maru, and five other modern ships fled to Hokkaido, under Admiral Enomoto Takeaki. They carried a handful of French military advisors, and their leader Jules Brunet. While in Hokkaido, they became a part of the navy of the short-lived Ezo Republic, founded by Enomoto Takeaki.Kaiyō Maru became the flagship of the navy of the Ezo Republic, but she soon was wrecked off Esashi, Hokkaido, Japan, during a storm on 15 November 1868.
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