Nunobiki Maru
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| Name | Nunobiki Maru |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock, Scotland |
| Launched | 30 November 1874 |
| Completed | 1874 |
| Fate | Foundered 21 July 1899 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Tonnage | 1,336 grt |
| Length | 79.3 m (260 ft 2 in) overall |
| Beam | 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | compound steam engine |
Nunobiki Maru (布引丸, literally, Drawn Fabric) was a Japanese steamship known mainly for her attempted delivery of arms, most notably powerful Murata rifles, from Japan to the Philippines, a key event in Japanese–Filipino relations during the Philippine–American War.
History
In 1874, the
Vice Minister of War Yujiro Nakamura, the deal was made.[5]
On 20 June 1899, the ship sailed off from
typhoon between Taihoku and Shanghai,[8] and the ship was lost on 21 July 1899. Nunobiki Maru was foundered when she was 110 km (60 nautical miles) from the Saddle Islands at the mouth of Yangtze River.[1] Despite the sinking of the Nunobiki Maru, Nakamura pressed on for a second delivery which included 2.5 million rounds of ammunition. However, the remaining crew of the Nunobiki Maru revealed the purpose of the cargo. This resulted in a diplomatic dispute between Japan and the United States. The second delivery never went through.[4] Meanwhile, after the disaster that struck Nunobiki Maru, Miyazaki expressed his suspicion that Nakamura's intentions were driven more by profit than altruism, and came to state to Sun that the arms were defective and that ship herself might have been in bad condition when she set sail. In addition, after the incident, it became more difficult to deliver arms out of Japan.[8]
Technical details
Nunobiki Maru had a
ship transport protected by iron. She was 79.3 meters long, and her beam was 9.2 meters. Her hull number was 183.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Nunobiki Maru (+1899)". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Sindoro SS (1874~1896)". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Ocampo, Ambeth (2010). Looking Back 2. Pasig: Anvil Publishing. pp. 8–11.
- ^ ISBN 9789004305724. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ Ocampo, Ambeth. "Japanese with a different face". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Today in Philippine History, June 20, 1899, Nonubiki Maru leaves Nagasaki for the Philippines loaded with rifles and ammunition". Kahimyang Project. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- Under Three Flags: Anarchism and the Anti-Colonial Imagination. Pasig: Anvil Publishing.
- ^ ISBN 9781400857258. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
Further reading
- The Nunobiki-Maru affair. National Library of the Philippines Government Publication: National Historical Institute. 1998.
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