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The ''Colbert'' was a French warship which came to Japan in the mid-1850s.

The ship first entered [[Shimoda]] harbor on [[1855]]/3/11, captained by a Capt. Botean. After meeting with [[Tokugawa shogunate]] officials and receiving food but being denied permission to come ashore, the ''Colbert'' departed from Shimoda on the 13th.

At some point later, the ''Colbert'' made its way to [[Nagasaki]], joining up with the ''[[Sybille]]'', captained by Commodore Tardy de Montravel, on 4/5. The ''Colbert'' then set sail from Nagasaki but suffered some damage to its hull near the [[Goto Islands|Gotô Islands]] and returned to Nagasaki again on 4/8. Repairs took several weeks; the ''Colbert'' left Nagasaki again on 4/27.

On 9/27 that same year, the ''Colbert'' entered [[Naha]] harbor in the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], along with the ''Sybille'' and ''[[Virginie]]''.

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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 28, 42, 44, 55, 121.

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