Material on the Japanese navy pre-1869

[wefalck]

Is there any published material, book etc. on the Japanese navy before 1869 ?

Is there a source for images for the Japanese navy before 1869 ?

I would be particularly interested in images of the paddle-frigate KWAITEN, ex-british EAGLE, ex-prussian DANZIG, launched in 1851 in Danzig.

wefalck

[peppe]

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Danzig_%281851%29
http://warshipsresearch.blogspot.it/201 ... anzig.html
http://forum.worldofwarships.ru/index.p ... %84%D0%BB/
some net sources for your ship
ciao peppe

[peppe]

http://page.freett.com/sukechika/ship/s ... ml##kaiten
one more source of information (in japanese!) use google to translate
ciao peppe

[wefalck]

Grazie molto a Roma (used to work there for a while, many years ago)

The German Wikipedia page, of course, I knew, but hadn't found yet the others.

Still any hints on books on the pre-Imperial Japanese Navy are most welcome.

wefalck

[peppe]

i don't read japanese so i don't know if this is your ship but ... from a japanese book (ed.futabasha 2001) on 3d japanese ships
ciao peppe
of course i have the book and i scanned in better resolution, if you want it send me pm your email. they are also some other illustration of ships of this period ...

[wefalck]

Thanks, Pepe ! My Japanese is as good as yours

It appears to me that this is a digital 3D-Model rendering on the basis of the picture of the KWAITEN that is also found on various Wikipedia sites.

A builder's model of the DANZIG has survived in the Science Museum since it was donated by J.S. Russel in 1868 (see http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/resu ... =1&itemx=1). Unfortunately the drawings that went with it cannot be located currently. It is known, however, that she was built at the Klawitter yard in Danzig/Gdansk not exactly to the plans.