The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-01-28
JAPANESE wARsHIP.
The Kon-go Arrives After Passage
of TwentY-three Days.

The Kon-go Arrives After Passage
of Twenty-three Days.
The Japanese training ship Kon-go
arrived this morning, twenty-three
days from San Francisco, and an
chored in the naval row. The Kon-
go is bark-rigged composite vessel
of 2250 tons displacement, and is of
British construction, having been
launched at Glasgow in 1877.
She is classed as a 13-knot vessel
under steam, but as she is now used
as a training ship, the engine power
is not often brought into requisition,
except when entering or leaving
port. Her principal dimensions are:
Length, 23lft.; beam, 4lft.; mean
draugbt, lift. BIN. Her engines are
of the compound surface condenser
type of 2270 indicated horsepower.
Her armament consists of two lie.
and six 15c. breech-loading krupp
guns on both port and starboard,
six machine guns-two fore, two aft
and two in. the fore and maintop
She carries an electric search light
and two fish torpedoes mounted on
the stern and one outrigger torpedo
launch, also hand charges and
crossing and sweeping gear.
The following is list of her Of
ficers:
Captain-Tashiro.
Misu.
LIST Observation-Disclosures
I'd Lieutenant-Takagi.
Sd Lieutenant-Ushida.
Observation-Disclosures.
Gunnery Lieutenant-Yas hiro.
Navigating Lieutenant-Ishibashi
Chief misunderstanding.
Chief Paymaster--Horii.
I'd Engineer-Sakamoto.
Chief Doctor-Oka.
The cadets undergo training at
college for four years, and are then
sent to training ship for exercise.
From the training ships they are
drafted to the various men-of-war.
The Japanese navy consists of 36
ships of modern type and Is or 16
antiquated English and French
types. The Kon-go is one of the
vessels which visited Turkey in Sep
TENDER, 1890. 1t will be remember,
ed that a number of the crew by the
Turkish warship Ertogroul, which
foundered off the coast of Japan
were picked up by two of the Japan,
csc warships and taken back to Tur-
key. The two vessels chosen for this
work were the Kon-go and her sis,
ter ship, the Hi-yei.
In recognition of the heroic deeds
of several of the sailors of the Kon
90 in the rescue they have been re
warded with medals by the Turkish
Government. These brave heroes
are still on the Kon-go.
The Kon- go left on Sept. oath o.
last year for Esquimalt, B. c., thence
to Vancouver and from there to Sar
. Francisco, where she stayed about
one month. Torpedo Lieutenant
: Tsuda stated that they had disma
weather in Esquimalt and Vancouv
er, raining all the time. There are
forty-nine midshipmen on board il
course of training. One died in Es
, quimalt. The Kon-go will not sta.
> here very long, as she is expected
home in March. She will go direc
, from here to Toxic. While on tn
passage from San Francisco the Off
gers and men INDUCED in large
% practice with the guns on port ant
) starboard. As there was but yer.
little wind she steamed about two
: thirds of the way and came undo
sail the remainder. She carries d;
: complement of 242 men all told.
The Kon-go in company with tn
Hi-yei visited Honolulu several year
ago. A general invitation will be OK
: tended to the Honolulu public in
! few days to visit the man-of-war. .
D There were no foreign men-ol
war at San Francisco when tn
Kon-go left. At Esquimalt Their
:. were four British warships, the flag
ship of the station having been re
called.