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The HMS ''Encounter'' was a British Royal Navy vessel which came to Japan several times in the 1850s-1860s.
Captained by George O'Callaghan, the ''Encounter'' was one of several ships which accompanied Sir [[James Stirling]] (aboard his flagship, the [[HMS Winchester|HMS ''Winchester'']]) to Japan in [[1854]]-[[1855]], at first seeking to secure access to Japanese ports for British ships - and not for Russian ships - amidst the circumstances of the [[Crimean War]]. The [[Anglo-Japanese Convention of 1854]] ensured the former but not the latter.
During this time, the ''Encounter'' accompanied the ''Winchester'', [[HMS Styx|''Styx'']], [[HMS Barracouta|''Barracouta'']], and/or [[HMS Tartar|''Tartar'']] at times to ports including [[Nagasaki]] and [[Hakodate]].
The ''Encounter'' returned to Japan in [[1861]] amidst the [[Tsushima Incident]] of that year, alongside the [[HMS Ringdove|HMS ''Ringdove'']], sailing to [[Tsushima]] in an attempt to help the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] pressure or intimidate the Russians to leave the island.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 209-213.</ref>
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 632.
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 65.
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