Japanese warship Teibo
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Boshin War
The was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the imperial court....
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She was originally built in England and acquired by the fief of Chōshū
Nagato Province
, often called , was a province of Japan. It was at the extreme western end of Honshū, in the area that is today Yamaguchi Prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami and Suō Provinces....
in western Japan, before being remitted to the new Imperial government in 1868.
She rated 125 tons, had a 60 hp engine and was armed with 5 cannons.