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*''Japanese'': 豊瑞丸 ''(Houzui maru)''

The ''Hôzui-maru'' was a steel steamship imported by [[Satsuma han]] in [[1864]], via [[Nagasaki]], through the assistance of British merchant [[Thomas Glover]]. Originally named the ''Number One'', it was renamed ''Hôzui-maru'' by Satsuma.

The ship was equipped with an internal steam engine of 105 horsepower. It was not armed with any cannon.

The ''Hôzui-maru'' carried the [[1872]] Ryukyuan embassy (led by Prince [[Ie Chochoku|Ie Chôchoku]]) to Tokyo.<ref>Yonami Takeo 与並岳生, ''Shô Tai ô, Ryûkyû shobun'' 尚泰王・琉球処分, vol 3 (下), Naha: Shinsei shuppan (2009), 30.</ref>

While traveling from Nagasaki to [[Kobe]] in [[1874]], however, the ship suffered an explosion and sank. A memorial to those who died in the sinking was later erected at Nôfuku-ji in Kobe.<ref>"[https://blog.goo.ne.jp/chiku39/e/a9601ab46a05fc2ebbb18604ae6073c4 汽船豊瑞丸沈没死者追悼紀念碑　in　能福寺　on　2013-1-4]," blog post, CHIKU-CHANの神戸・岩国情報（散策とグルメ）, 26 Jan 2016.</ref>

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