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JAPAN BY THE JAPANESE
1870. In 1872 the list of ships of the Imperial navy was as follows:
List of the War Vessels of the Imperial Japanese
Navy in the Fifth Year of Meiji, 1872.
| Name. | Presented or Bought from. |
Where and when Built. |
Description. | Displace- ment. |
Indicated H. P. |
Comple- ment. | ||
| Tons. | ||||||||
|
Bought from America |
France, 1864 |
Ram, iron- clad |
1,800 | 500 | 130 | ||
|
Presented by Kumamoto |
England, 1869 |
Corvette, iron- belted |
1,459 | 280 | 275 | ||
|
Bought from Englishmen |
1851 | Corvette, wood |
1,033.9 | 200 | 275 | ||
|
Presented by Shogun |
U.S.A., 1864 |
Sloop, wood | 1,000 | 180 | 134 | ||
|
Presented by Saga |
Holland, 1868 |
„ | 784 | 470 | 145 | ||
|
Presented by Kagoshima |
England, 1863 |
„ | 1,015 | 300 | 137 | ||
|
Bought from Abroad |
— | Gunboat, wood |
358.9 | 300 | 87 | ||
|
Presented by Kagoshima |
England, 1859 |
Do. | 523 | 115 | 93 | ||
|
Presented by Yamaguchi |
England, 1870 |
Do. | 245 | 106 | 65 | ||
|
Do. | England, 1867 |
Do. | 236 | 60 | 65 | ||
|
Do. | England, 1867 |
Do. | 236 | 60 | 65 | ||
|
Do. | England, 1861 |
Do. | 173 | 110 | 65 | ||
|
Presented by Saga |
England, 1867 |
Do. | 305 | 100 | 65 | ||
|
Captured at Hakodate |
Tokyo, 1863 |
Do. | 158 | 60 | 39 | ||
|
Bought from Englishmen |
U.S.A. | Sailing trans- port, wood |
650 | — | 30 | ||
|
— | Yokosuka, 1872 |
Imperial flag- ship, wood |
152 | 52 | — | ||
|
Bought from Englishmen |
U.S.A., 1854 |
Composite, wood |
1,400 | — | — | ||
|
— | England, 1866 |
Transport, iron |
440.39 | 110 | 65 | ||
|
— | — | Sailing trans- port, wood |
171 | — | — | ||
|
— | Yokosuka, 1872 |
Wood | 170 | 75 | 15 |
The Imperial Japanese navy had experienced, before the war with China, several minor engagements in which single ships were employed, or small expeditions such as the following:
- The Formosan Expedition of 1874.
- The Bombardment and capture of Yeisojo in Corea by H.I.M.S. Unyo in 1875.
- The Satsuma Rebellion in 1877.