Japanese warship Chōyō Maru
Chōyō Maru (朝陽, Morning Sunshine) 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, and subsequently served with the nascent Imperial Japanese Navy during the Boshin War. She was lost in combat during the Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay.
Chōyō Maru in 1868 painting | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Chōyō Maru |
| Builder | C.Gips & Sons, Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| Laid down | 1849 |
| Launched | 1850 |
| Acquired | January 15, 1850 |
| Stricken | May 11, 1869 |
| Fate | Sunk in combat |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bali-class sloop |
| Type | Steam corvette |
| Displacement | 600 t (591 long tons) |
| Length | 49 m (160 ft 9 in) o/a |
| Beam | 7.27 m (23 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | Coal-fired steam engine, 100 hp (75 kW) |
| Sail plan | 3-masted schooner rig |
| Speed | 6 knots (6.9 mph; 11 km/h) |
| Armament | 12 cannon |
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