In 1868 in Japan coup “Meiji ISIN”, which restored the power of the Emperor, the Country emerged from the rule of feudal clans unified and became the Navy Military Ministry (in charge originally appeared, and the Navy) got a weird set of ships, which with the big stretch can be called a martial and which are not explicitly represented the Navy it consisted of ships and the bakufu feudal government, and the ships, inherited from his defeated opponents, first of all, the powerful clan of Satsuma Among them was the only battleship, purchased from rebel American Confederate southern States, a wooden Corvette and kolodka, as well as several armed steamers and sailboats to Japan in a dilemma, either to restore old ships, or upgrade your fleet, the Japanese have gone on the second way In 1870 was chosen as the benchmark the most powerful Navy in the world — the British.
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