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Japanese ironclad Ryūjō

Japanese Ironclad warship Ryujo.jpg
History
Name: Ryūjō
Builder: Alexander Hall and Company,Aberdeen
Laid down: 1868
Launched:
  • 27 March 1869
  • or January 1864
Completed:
  • 11 August 1869
  • or 24 July 1869
Decommissioned: 2 December 1893
Fate:
  • Sold 1908
  • Then scrapped
General characteristics
Displacement: 2,530 long tons (2,571 t) standard
Length:
  • 211 ft (64 m)
  • or 64.5 m (211 ft 7 in)
  • or 65.9 m (216 ft 2 in)
Beam:
  • 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
  • or 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draught: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Propulsion: 1-shaft reciprocating; 800 hp (600 kW)
Speed: 6 knots (6.9 mph; 11 km/h)
Complement: 275 people capacity in October 1873
Armament: 6 × 64 lb Krupp guns, other
Armour:
  • Belt: 115 mm (4.5 in)
  • Battery: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Ryūjō (龍驤?), was a steam ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed by Thomas Blake Glover and built in Scotland for the private navy of the fief of Kumamoto, where it was called the Jo Sho Maru. It was delivered to the new Imperial Japanese Navy on 8 May 1870, and sailed from Nagasaki to Yokohama with a British captain, and named Ryōshō (龍驤?, りょうしょう), later called Ryūjō (龍驤?, りゅうじょう). Until the commissioning of the ironclad Fusō in 1878, she was the flagship (and the most powerful ship) of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Ryūjō was honored by a visit by Emperor Meiji in 1871, and formed part of the escort of Russian Crown Prince (later Emperor) Nicholas II, when he visited Japan in 1872. Although completed too late for the Boshin war, the ship participated in the battles of the early Meiji period, including the Saga Rebellion, Seinan War and the first Taiwan Expedition of 1874.


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