Mori Maru

The Mori Maru was a Japanese Red Seal Ship and part of the Japanese Group of the Vasterlands Fleet during the Age of Migration. Captained by Mori Motonari, it was crewed by 140 samurai and footmen of the Mori domain. The ship eventually found harbour in the city of Asasaki.
== History ==
The Mori Maru followed the Vasterlands Fleet for almost the entirety of its route. When only the Japanese Group remained, the Mori Maru chose to split off and follow a chain of islands instead of hugging the mainland like the other, less seaworthy, Japanese ships.
The Mori Maru was one of two ships to settle on the island of Sekutojima - the other being the Iyo Maru. Mori chose to set up his new city on the eastern coast of the island, naming it Asasaki. Once the city was settled, the Mori Maru was put to work as a trading vessel, serving for another sixty years before being superseded by newer ships. It was eventually retired and propped up in a specially-built drydock.
The ship was unfortunately destroyed by fire in the 2nd Century BCE.
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