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]]. |