Japanese sloop Nisshin manufacturer Netherlands
Background
Nisshin was ordered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands by Saga Domain in 1867 by the domain’s representative to Europe, Sano Tsunetami. It was laid down at C. Gips & Co. at Dordrecht on January 23, 1868, launched on February 20, 1869 and completed on April 12, 1869. The engines were constructed by the factories of Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel at Amsterdam and the Netherlands Steamship Company at Rotterdam. The total cost amounted to 273,900 Guilders.  The design of the ship was based on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s  Watergeus. The ship departed from Brouwershaven to Japan under command of Captain J. Vroom with a crew of 42, after the test runs had been satisfactory.
On March 30, 1869, she arrived at Nagasaki, and was named Nisshin-maru (日進丸) by Saga Domain.
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