- Japanese: カロライン・フート (Karorain fuuto)
The Caroline Foote was an American merchant ship which was hired in 1855 by Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin to carry a portion of his crew home to Russia while he remained temporarily in Japan.
Captained by A.J. Worth, the Caroline Foote entered Shimoda harbor on 1855/1/27. Putyatin arrived a few days later, on 2/2, from Heda-mura (Izu province) where a new ship was being constructed for his crew following the loss of the Diana. Putyatin then negotiated for the use of the Caroline Foote.
Leaving eleven members of its crew behind in Shimoda, the Caroline Foote, with Putyatin and 17 other Russians aboard, left Shimoda for Heda-mura on 1855/2/9.
The ship stopped at Hakodate on 3/4 to receive food, water, and firewood, and then left on 3/7.
References
- Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 7, 13, 26.