The New York herald., 1872-11-21
THE JAPANESE NAVY.

The Steamer Capron Built for the Gov.
ernment OF Japan-Her Dime stons and
Machinery-T'hc Japanese vs.. Core ans
Interesting Information OF Their Re.
spective Navles.
The second OF the steamers built by Messrs
Poillon Brothers for the Japanese government is
lying at their yard foot OF Bridge street. Brooklyn
and near completion that her trial trip will take
place in few days. This vessel Is named the
Capron and was intended as transport, or rather
as means OF quick communication between the
islands OF Japan but her blders now assume that
as there is a war impending between that country
and Corea, she may be heavily armed upon ar
rival at her destination. The Capron though
not SO large as tue first vessel, the
Kuroda, built for the same government
and now ready for sea, is of handsome model, and
in every respect mas great strength OF workman
ship Her dimensions are as ollows:-Iength on
water line, 126 feet; length over all, 1876 feet
feet. burthen, 800 tons, carpenter's measurement.
Her frames are Of white oak and locust, and fas-
tened with copper and trcenas.
The machinery or the Capr0n waa constructed by
the Delamater iron Works, under the direction OF
Mr. Charles w. Copeland, experimenting engineer
On @ rec o. acting te ade abe 81
inches in diameter and stroke OF piston two feet
six inches. Steam viii be supplied by one large re-
turn tubular boiler and the number OF independent
steam fire and bilge pumps, and all other appliances
necessary for the proper equipment OF such
vessel ana suCH an lntenued service, make the
engineering department very complete. She is
fitted with spacious cabin and her staterooms,
eight in number, are quite large and will be very
cosey. Hard woods are used in finishing her
houses on deck, and when her appointments are
fully arranged the Capr0n will be gem OF marine
architecture in every particular; and should the
steam yacht she is well adapted for such pleasure
craft. She will be rgged as topsai schooner.
Captain Alfred Everson will have charge OF the
CaproD and all her officers Will be Americans.
Before leaving this port she will be supplied with
a twenty. pound nowitzer and small arms in abund-
The Kuroda, as mentioned above, will soon sail
for Japan, being fully ready for sea. She was
photographed at ner dock, Poillons' yard on
tuesday afternoon, and her commanding offlcer,
Captain Haskins feels proud OF his craft.
eerng to the prs9a1e war between 3afan
the officers connected with these steamers as to
the respective forces OF the two countries. The
army Of over 100000 men. The Japanese navy Is
very large, as will be apparent from the following
intelligence recently impaired BY the commander
OF the Russian soop Boyarine to the Cronstadt
Messenger :-"on the 14th of July Ave Japanese
men.of.war entered the roads OF Yokohama. one
ar armed i'' with six long % a4.pounders. ''Hn The
second ir0ncad RAM the
the fore turret The three others are Enelish-made
screw gunboats with three guns each. The crews
British sailors. on the 2sth OF March the notila
was Joined by casemated Japanese sloop, the
Reouzockan. eight guns. In the Bay OF iok0saki:
in the Jeddo Gulf an arsenal has been established
In the solid trachyte rock, which measures $50 by
100 sagenes. There is dock 407 feetb BY S2feet ana
21 feet In depth, which can receive the largest ocean
steamer for repair. The cost OF THIS DOCK was
S250,000. Thirty vessels have been repaired mere
There ie also ropeyard, foundry and ma macnlne l
shop, i.shlch is now turning ont machines Tor river
steamboats,. This establishment, although IL may
never become the central naval depot, stlii sup
plies the want OF the rising neet."
Captain Everson says the Japanese government
have expended over one million nvc hundred thou'
sand dollars on these works W slx years.