Japanese gunboat Un'yō

Un'yō (雲揚, Rising Cloud) was an iron-ribbed, wooden-hulled sail-and-steam gunboat of the early Meiji period, serving with the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy. She was a two-masted brig with an auxiliary coal-fired steam engine driving a single screw.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Un'yō.

Japanese warship Un'yō
History
NameUn'yō
BuilderA. Hall & Co., Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Launched1868
AcquiredFebruary 1870 (by Chōshū Domain)
CommissionedJuly 4, 1870
DecommissionedOctober 31, 1876
FateScrapped and sold, May 14, 1877
General characteristics
Displacement245 long tons (249 t)
Length
  • 35 m (114 ft 10 in) p-p
  • 35 m (114 ft 10 in) (waterline)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion1-shaft Coal-fired steam engine, 60 ihp (45 kW)
Sail plan2-masted brig
Speed10 knots
Complement65
Armament
  • 1 × 16 cm (6.3 in) gun
  • 1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) gun
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