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*''Japanese'': 昇平丸 ''(Shouhei maru)''

*''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]].

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 15 ''ken'' (approx. 27-31 meters) long, four ''ken'' one ''shaku'' (7.5 m) wide, and three ''ken'' (5.5 m) deep,  with three masts, ten cannon, two mortars, four turret guns, and a displacement of 370 tons, and bore a crew of forty.

The project got its start when Shimazu Nariakira, in response to pressures from Western powers, ordered his retainer Tahara Naosuke to research Dutch shipbuilding texts. Construction began in 1853/5, one month before [[Commodore Perry]] arrived at [[Uraga]] Bay. The ship was initially called ''Ryûkyû taihôsen'' ([[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] cannon ship), but by the time it was completed in 1854/12, after 19 months of trial and error, it was renamed ''Shôheimaru'' (昇平丸).

The project got its start when Shimazu Nariakira, in response to pressures from Western powers, ordered his retainer Tahara Naosuke to research Dutch shipbuilding texts. Construction began in 1853/5, one month before [[Commodore Perry]] arrived at [[Uraga]] Bay. The ship was initially called ''Ryûkyû taihôsen'' ([[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] cannon ship), but by the time it was completed in 1854/12, after 19 months of trial and error, it was renamed ''Shôheimaru'' (昇平丸).