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*''Built: [[1853]]-[[1854]]''
*''Japanese'': 昇平丸 ''(Shouhei maru)''

The ''Shôheimaru'' was a Western-style tall-masted sailing ship, constructed at the orders of [[Shimazu Nariakira]], lord of [[Satsuma han]], in [[1853]]-[[1854]]. It was 31 meters long, with three masts, ten cannon, two mortars, four turret guns, and a displacement of 370 tons, and was given as a gift to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].

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==References==
*Gallery labels, permanent exhibits gallery, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima, Sept 2014.

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