Baghatur

  • Built: c. 1853
  • Japanese: 抜都魯 (Batoru)

The Baghatur was a Western-style oared vessel gifted to the Tokugawa shogunate by Tokugawa Yoshiatsu, lord of Mito han, on 1853/8/14.[1]

The name of the ship derives from a Mongol term meaning roughly "hero" or "valiant warrior."

References

  1. Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 464.