The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-24
THE NANIVA.
ARRIVAL OF A FORMIDABLE
JAPANESE CRUISER.
Brief Description and Full List
of the Officers of the
Handsome War
Vessel.
THE NANIVA.
Brief Description and Full List

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a warship was sighted fifteen miles
south. The rumor of a new warship
in sight aroused the curiosity of many
people, and great many went to the
she steamed toward this port. When
she came within full view and going
at Is knot rate, the water splashing
high at the bow, she was taken for the
United States cruiser Charleston, a
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
n. 1. J. MS cruiser Naniva, vessel
of about 300 tons larger than the
Charleston.
The Naniva stopped off the entrance
to the bar at II o'clock noon, only
forty minutes from the time she was
sighted. A salute of twenty-one guns
was fired from her for the Hawaiian
| flag, after which Rear-Admiral Skier
guns. The U. s. Flagship Mohican
returned the salute with thirteen
guns at l 80 PM, the Japanese ensign
| flying from her foremost, and Ka-
kaako [shOre) battery fired n salute of
| twenty-one guns at about O'Clock.
The Naniva was brought into port
| by Pilot Mcintyre at o'clock, and
was moored by Harbor-master Fuller
between the L. S. s. Boston and III.
I. J. Ms training ship kon-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 courteOusly received by the
officers, who avoided the customary
excuse of swat q 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. Araki.
Gunnery Lieutenant-S. Sakamoto,
First Lieutenant.
Navigating Lieutenant-H. Saka-
motto.
Second Lieutenant-S. Obana.
Third Lieutenant-K. Kunieda.
Fourth Lieutenant-K. Wadaga.ki.
Chief Engineer-M. Hara.
Second Engineers. Mizutani.
Third Engineers. Sakurada.
Chief Surgeon-H. Ishikawa.
Second SurgeOn-K. Tawara.
Chief Paymaster-R. Takenouchi.
Assistant Paymaster-S. Uno.
Prince Y. KOmatsu (Sub-Lieuten-
anti
Lieutenant X. Martha (Attache of
Prince.
b-Lieutenants-T. Mizoguchi, II.
Arakawa, q. Matsumura, K. Hiro-
watari, Y. Tsuchiya and L. Yama-
| guchi.
Assistant Engineers-T. Abe and K.
Sakai.
Midshipmen-K. Kishi, s. Miwa, I.
| Swsuki, X. Kato and K. Mimura.
The Naniva has a complement of
| 361 men and officers. She is twin
screw steamer, built by Armstrong,
! Mychell & Co., of England, and was
launched from Newcastle-on-Tyne in
1886. Her construction and dimen-
sions are as follows: Her hull is steel,
the protective deck being 76mm. in
thickness; length 81 metres, breadth
Ia metres, and draught 5m 81. Her dis
placement tonnage is 1851 tons and the
engines are of 1900 horse power, cap.
able of developing a maximum speed
of 1877 knots in the open sea. Her
coaling capacity is 500 tons. The
battery consists of two 26 centimeter
B. l.. Krupp guns, one mounted for
ward and the other at the storc
These guns are % ions each, and are
claimed to be the largest and the most
powerfn! that ever visited the Hawai-
lar waters. The officer said that these
/ monsters are capable of throwing a
275 killogram projectile 10000 metres,
the weight of charge being 81 ky, and
would penetrate 20 centimetres of
solid steel. On the main deck are
placed six 6-inch b. L. Knapp guns
Is tons each). These guns are placed
in turrets on either side. She also
carries twelve machine guns and four
torpedo tubes of German make. The
two military masts are supplied with
two protected machine guns each.
Taken all in all, the Naniva is a
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 Mikado.
Since the Naniva was launched in
1885, she has been placed on the China
StatlOn, ana ner present voyage Is nel
first cruise outside of home waters
The officer assured the reporter that
their present cruise is in no wise con-
; nected with the state of affairs in Ha.
wall nei, notwithstanding that many
royalists ashore stated that she was
coming to see that the japanese labor
ers in this country are we'll protected
according to the treaty stipulations
hafwpan Hawaii and Tanan
The Naniva left Yokohama, Japan
on February s, and consequently she
made the voyage in fifteen days
steaming at an average rate of ter
knots. Fair northeast winds were haC
all the way and nothing eventful oc
CURED during the passage. After re-
naming in port two or three week!