Kaiyō Maru was ordered in 1863, and built by Cornelis Gips and Sons, at Dordrecht, Netherlands, for a sum of 831,200 guilders.
Her construction was overseen by a Japanese military mission under Uchida Masao and Akamatsu Noriyoshi.
She was launched in October 1866, and arrived in Japan in November of the same year.
She was the largest wooden warship ever built by a Dutch shipyard at the time.
She was 240 feet (73 m) long.
Kaiyō Maru was ordered in 1863, and built by Cornelis Gips and Sons, at Dordrecht, Netherlands, for a sum of 831,200 guilders. Her construction was overseen by a Japanese military mission under Uchida Masao and Akamatsu Noriyoshi. She was launched in October 1866, and arrived in Japan in November of the same year. She was the largest wooden warship ever built by a Dutch shipyard at the time. She was 240 feet (73 m) long.
Japanese frigate Kaiyō Maru