Japanese warship Kasuga (1862)
- Japanese warship Kasuga (1862)
The Japanese warship "Kasuga" (JPN: 春日) was built in 1860 in Great Britain by J. Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight under the name "Keang Soo" (after the area of Jiangsu in China). The "Keang Soo" was purchased by the Satsuma fief on November 3 1867, for the amount of 160,000 ryō, whence she was renamed "Kasuga".
"Kasuga" was a wooden boat with paddle wheels. She weighed 1269t, her engine had a power of . "Kaiten" attacked the state-of-the art ironclad ship , but she was repulsed by Gatling guns onboard the "Kōtetsu" and cannon response by "Kasuga". The encounter has been named the Naval Battle of Miyako Bay.
After these events "Kasuga" participated in the Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay in May 1869, until the surrender of the last forces of the Bakufu.
In April 1870, the ship was transferred from the Satsuma fief to the newly formed Meiji Imperial government.
She was demobilized in 1894 and then assigned to the mine-laying group in Tsushima.
She was scrapped in 1902.
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