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The ''Diana'' was a Russian warship which served as the flagship of a fleet brought by [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] to Japan in late [[1854]]. Originally arriving at [[Hakodate]] on 1854/9/18, the fleet then made its way to [[Osaka]], and then to [[Shimoda]], in accordance with the demands of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].

The ''Diana'' was a Russian warship which served as the flagship of a fleet brought by [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] to Japan in late [[1854]]. Originally arriving at [[Hakodate]] on 1854/9/18, the fleet then made its way to [[Osaka]], and then to [[Shimoda]], in accordance with the demands of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].

The ''Diana'' was damaged by a tsunami while anchored in Shimoda harbor on 1854/11/4.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 667.</ref>

The ''Diana'' was damaged by a tsunami while anchored in Shimoda harbor on 1854/11/4.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 667.</ref> While making its way to Heda (on Suruga Bay) to be repaired, the ship encountered difficult weather and ended up shipwrecked at Ipponmatsu (in what is today Numazu City, [[Shizuoka prefecture]]) on 11/27. The ship sank entirely on 12/2; surviving members of the crew were provided temporary lodgings at Miyajima (in what is today Fuji City, Shizuoka) until they could be rescued and brought back to Shimoda.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 676.</ref>

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