Japanese corvette Kasuga

Kasuga Maru (春日丸, Vernal Sun) was a Japanese wooden paddle steamer warship of the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period, serving with the navy of Satsuma Domain, and later with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was originally named Keangsoo (Chinese: 江蘇; pinyin: Jiāngsū; lit. 'Jiangsu'), and was a wooden dispatch vessel built for the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was constructed in 1862 by Whites at Cowes, she formed part of the Lay-Osborn Flotilla during the Taiping Rebellion.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Kasuga.
History
Lay-Osborn Flotilla
Name
  • Keangsoo (江蘇)
  • Chen Wu (鎮吳)
NamesakeJiangsu province
BuilderJ. Samuel White
Laid down1862
Launched5 March 1863
In service1863-1864
Fate
  • Sold to Charles Stuart Forbes, 1865
  • Sold to the Satsuma Domain, 3 November 1867
Satsuma Domain
NameKasuga
Acquired3 November 1867
Decommissioned2 February 1894
FateScrapped 1902
General characteristics
TypeDispatch vessel
Displacement1,289 long tons (1,310 t)
Tons burthen1000 bm
Length241.5 feet (73.6 m)
Beam29 feet (8.8 m)
Draught9.25 feet (2.82 m)
Installed power
  • 300 nhp
  • 2,279 ihp (1,699 kW)
PropulsionOscillating cylinder steam engine
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Armament
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