Asahi-maru

• Completed: 1855
• Japanese: 旭日丸 (Asahi maru)

The Asahi-maru was a warship constructed by Mito han at Ishikawajima in Edo, on the orders of the shogunate. Completed in 1855, it was named Asahi-maru the following year. Mito turned over the warship to the shogunate on 1857/12/1.

References

• Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 17, 213, 454.