Jho Sho Maru
AssociatedAssociated with
Jho Sho Maru
(barque-rigged steamer, built 1868)
AssociatedAssociated with
Alexander Hall and Company
(Ship builders; 1811 - 1958)
AssociatedAssociated with
Thomas Blake Glover
(Fraserburgh, Scotland, 1838 - 1911)
Date1868
Object Namephotograph
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsShipping
Dimensions40.7cm x 50cm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS045826
About MeJapan's first warship was built in 1869 by Messrs Alexander Hall & Company, Aberdeen. Her dimensions were: Length BP 210'0", Breadth Extreme 38'0", Depth to Main Deck 23'0" and to Spar Deck 30'0". Fitted with round stern and ram bow and armour plated round the waterline with armour plate 4 1/2" thick, 5 feet broad, in two breadths, and having a weight of 30 tons. Propelled with a single screw and fitted with two horizontal engines, direct acting. Diameter of cylinders 53 inches and NHP 280. Coal bunker capacity 280 tons. Ship rigged, iron lower masts and three lower yards and a fidding bowsprit. Carried six boats and a steam launch 36 ft x 9 ft x 4 ft. Equipped with 10 guns, viz:- 8 64 pounders and 2 100 pounders, all of the muzzle loading type, and carried 30 tons of shot. When ready for sea, with 450 tons of coal, guns, ammunition, stores, etc, her draught was 18'6" forward and aft. The Jho Sho Maru sailed from Thurso for Nagasaki, Japan on 11 August 1869.There are no works to discover for this record.
