Amagi was designed as a wooden-hulled three-masted bark-riggedsloop with a coal-fired triple expansion reciprocating steam engine driving a single screw. Made mostly of pine wood, the wooden beams and metal fittings came from the mountains of central Izu Peninsula, which also provided the ship with its name. She was laid down at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 9 September 1875 under the direction of Léonce Verny, a French naval engineer initially hired by the Tokugawa shogunate, who stayed on as a foreign advisor to the early Meiji government as chief administrator and constructor of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. She was launched on 13 March 1877 and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 4 April 1878.[1] Her design was a scaled-up version of the corvette Seiki, also built at the same shipyards.
Tōgō later was captain of Amagi in 1884, when it became the first Japanese warship to ascend the Yangzi River in China, making a port call at the treaty port at Wuhan. He also observed French naval operations off of Taiwan during the Sino-French War of 1884-1885.
On 24 November 1908, the demilitarized hulk was sold to the Toba Shosen Gakkō, the predecessor of the Toba National College of Maritime Technology, where she was used as a training vessel. Her eventual fate is unknown.
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^Chesneau, All the World’s Fighting Ships, p. 232.
Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik (editors), All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, Conway Maritime Press, 1979 reprinted 2002, ISBN0851771335
Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN087021893X.
Lengerer, Hans (September 2020). "The 1882 Coup d'État in Korea and the Second Expansion of the Imperial Japanese Navy: A Contribution to the Pre-History of the Chinese-Japanese War 1894–95". Warship International. LVII (3): 185–196. ISSN 0043-0374.
Lengerer, Hans (December 2020). "The 1884 Coup d'État in Korea — Revision and Acceleration of the Expansion of the IJN: A Contribution to the Pre-History of the Chinese-Japanese War 1894–95". Warship International. LVII (4): 289–302. ISSN 0043-0374.
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japanese, corvette, amagi, other, ships, with, same, name, japanese, ship, amagi, amagi, 天城, heavenly, castle, screw, sloop, early, imperial, japanese, navy, third, vessel, built, yokosuka, naval, arsenal, after, acquisition, meiji, government, when, built, am. For other ships with the same name see Japanese ship Amagi Amagi 天城 Heavenly Castle was a screw sloop in the early Imperial Japanese Navy and was the third vessel built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal after its acquisition by the Meiji government When built Amagi was the largest warship yet produced domestically in Japan Amagi was named after the Mount Amagi in Shizuoka Prefecture Japan Amagi in 1897History Empire of Japan NameAmagi Ordered1875 Fiscal Year BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal Japan Laid down9 September 1875 Launched13 March 1877 Commissioned4 April 1878 Stricken14 June 1905 FateSold 24 November 1908 General characteristics TypeSloop Displacement926 long tons 941 t Length62 17 m 204 ft 0 in Beam10 89 m 35 ft 9 in Draft4 63 m 15 ft 2 in Propulsionhorizontally mounted reciprocating steam engine 720 hp 540 kW 2 boilers 1 shaft Sail planbark rigged sloop Speed11 5 knots 13 2 mph 21 3 km h Range150 tons coal Complement159 Armament1 6 7 in 170 mm Krupp breech loading gun 4 4 7 in 120 mm breech loading guns 3 3 1 in 79 mm breech loading guns 1 3 in 76 mm triple Nordenfelt gun Contents 1 Background 2 Operational history 3 Notes 4 ReferencesBackground editAmagi was designed as a wooden hulled three masted bark rigged sloop with a coal fired triple expansion reciprocating steam engine driving a single screw Made mostly of pine wood the wooden beams and metal fittings came from the mountains of central Izu Peninsula which also provided the ship with its name She was laid down at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 9 September 1875 under the direction of Leonce Verny a French naval engineer initially hired by the Tokugawa shogunate who stayed on as a foreign advisor to the early Meiji government as chief administrator and constructor of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal She was launched on 13 March 1877 and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 4 April 1878 1 Her design was a scaled up version of the corvette Seiki also built at the same shipyards Operational history editWith heightened tensions with Joseon dynasty Korea after the assassination of several members of the Japanese embassy in the Imo Incident Amagi was assigned to patrols off the Korean coast as a show of force in the summer of 1882 with Lieutenant Tōgō Heihachirō as executive officer Tōgō later was captain of Amagi in 1884 when it became the first Japanese warship to ascend the Yangzi River in China making a port call at the treaty port at Wuhan He also observed French naval operations off of Taiwan during the Sino French War of 1884 1885 Amagi saw combat service in the First Sino Japanese War of 1894 1895 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Nashiba Tokioki at the Battle of Lushunkou Battle of Weihaiwei and the Battle of Yalu River After the war Amagi was re designated as a second class gunboat and was used for coastal patrol duties At that time she underwent refit in Kobe During the Russo Japanese War Amagi was assigned to be a guard ship at Yokohama port however before the end of the war she was declared obsolete and was struck from the navy list on 14 June 1905 2 On 24 November 1908 the demilitarized hulk was sold to the Toba Shosen Gakkō the predecessor of the Toba National College of Maritime Technology where she was used as a training vessel Her eventual fate is unknown Notes edit Chesneau All the World s Fighting Ships p 232 Nishida Ships of the Imperial Japanese NavyReferences editChesneau Roger and Eugene M Kolesnik editors All The World s Fighting Ships 1860 1905 Conway Maritime Press 1979 reprinted 2002 ISBN 0851771335 Jentsura Hansgeorg 1976 Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869 1945 Naval Institute Press ISBN 087021893X Lengerer Hans September 2020 The 1882 Coup d Etat in Korea and the Second Expansion of the Imperial Japanese Navy A Contribution to the Pre History of the Chinese Japanese War 1894 95 Warship International LVII 3 185 196 ISSN 0043 0374 Lengerer Hans December 2020 The 1884 Coup d Etat in Korea Revision and Acceleration of the Expansion of the IJN A Contribution to the Pre History of the Chinese Japanese War 1894 95 Warship International LVII 4 289 302 ISSN 0043 0374 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japanese corvette Amagi amp oldid 1159556784, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
