The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-02-28
THE NANIVA.
ARRIVAL OF 4 FORMIDABLE
JAPANESE CRUISER.
Brief Description and FulI List
of the Officers of the
Handsome War
Vessel.

eSSSI.
AtII.20 o'clock Thursday morning
warship was sighted fifteen miles
south The rumor Of new warShip
/ in sight aroused the curiosity Of many
people, and s. great many went to the
/ city front To wateh the new conner SIS
she steamed toward this port. When
she came within full view and going
at = l5-knot rate, the water Splsshing
high st the bow, she was taken for the
United States cruiser Charleston, 4
vessel familiar in these waters. At \
distance the resemblance between the
Charleston and the one ploughing the
sea, was identical; but as she APP
preached nearer she turned out TO be
81. I. J. MS cruiser Nsniys, vessel
Of about 500 tons larger than the
Charleston.
The Nsnivs stopped off the entrance
to the bar st L o'clock noon, only
forty minutes from the time she was
| sighted A salute of twenty-oue guns
was fired from her for the Hawaiian
| fias. after which Rear-Admiral Skier
rett's flag received salute Of thirteen
! guns. The [. :. Flagship Nohiean
! returned the salute with thirteen
! guns at l 50 PM, the japanese ensign
flying from her foremost, and IA
kaak0 shore battery fired s salute of
tSenty-Oue guns ST about ( O'clock.
The NaRiv3 was brought into port
Ov Pilot MCIutyre st > o'clock, and
was moored by HarbOr-maSter Fuller
/ between the [. 5 :. Boston and H.
l. J. Ms training ship hOn-gO. The
Naniva makes the sixth vessel in the
naval row.
4 representative Of this paper board
ed the cruiser as she Was being moored
and was eourteousIy received by the
officers, who avoided the customary
excuse Of wait while, the ship is
not ready now"
An officer kindly furnished the fol-
lowing official list Of her officers:
Captain-H- Togo.
Commander. IShi.
Torpedo Lieutenant-R. ATaki.
Gunuery Lieuteuant-S. SaksmotO.
First Lieutenant.
Navigating Lieutenant-H. Saka-
motto.
Second Lieutenaut-S. Obaua-
Third LieUtenant-h- hunieda.
Fourth Lieutenant-k- Wadagaki.
Chief Engineer-M- Hara-
Second Engineers. MiZutani.
Third Engineers. Sakurada-
Chief Surgeou-H- Ishikawa-
Second Surgeou-h. Tawara.
Chief Paymaster-R- Takenouchi.
Assistant Paymaster-S. Uno.
Prince Y. kOmatsu CSub-LieUten-
ant
lieutenant & Narita .Attache of
Prince.
Sub-Lieutenants-T. Mizoguehi, 7.
Arakawa, {. Matsumura, h Hiro-
watariy Y. Tsuchiya and T. Yama-
guehL
Assistant Engineers Abe and b
Sakai-
lfidshipmeu-k- kishi, ;. Miwa, I.
Swsuki, Is. katO and r. Mimura.
The Naniva has i complement Of
36I men ard officers. She is twin
screw steamer, built by Armstrong,
Mycheu & Co. Of England, and was
launched from Newcastle-on-Tyue in
1855 Her construction and dimen-
sfous are - follows: Her hull Is steel. |
the protective deck being 76mm. in
thickness length 81 metres, breadth
Il metres, and draught5m 81 Her dis |
placement tonnage Is 1861 tons and the
engines are OF 300 horse power, cap
able OF developing 4 maximum speed !
Of IS knots in the open sea. Her
eoaIing capacity Is 500 tons The |
battery consists Of two % ceutimeter |
B. l. krupp guns, one mounted for !
ward and the other at the stern |
These guns are IS tons each, and are
claimed TO be the largest and the most |
powerful that ever visited the Hawai- |
ian waters. The officer said that these |
monsters are capable Of throwing |
"a EillOgram prujectile 10000 metres, !
the weight OF charge being 81 ky, and |
would penetrate 20 ceutimetreS of |
solid steel On the main deck are |
placed six 6-inch B. L Krupp guns
Is tons eaehl. These guns are placed /
in tUrrets on either side She also 4
carries twelve machine guns and four /
torpedo tubes Of German make The /
two military mazts are supplied with /
two protected machine guns each.
Taken al IN all, the Naniva Is
first class fighting cruiser, and one Of
the finest in the Japanese navy, there
being several vessels Of her pattern in-
the navy Of the MiEado.
Since the Nauiva was launched in
1855, she has been placed on the China
station, and her present voyage il her
first cruise outside Of home waters.
The officer assured the reporter that |
their present cruise Is in no wise con-
ueeted with the state Of affairs in Ha-
Waii nei, Notwithstanding that many
rDyaIizts ashore stated that she was
coming TO see that the japanese Labor
err in this country are well protected,
according 10 the treaty stipUlations
between Hawaii and Japan
The Naufva left Yokohama, Japan,
on February s, and consequently she
made the voyage in fifteen days,
steamiug at an average rate Of ten
knots Fair northeast winds were had
all the way and nothing eveutfuI oc-
Cured during the passagE. After re-