KIS Yangmu

'The Korean Imperial Ship, Yangmu.'
History
Name: KIS Yangmu
Builder: Sir Raylton Dixon & Co
Cost: 圓 1,100,000
Launched: 1881
Completed: 1881
Commissioned: April 15, 1903
Decommissioned: 1907
Fate: Selected by Japanese Imperial Navy to be used as practical exercise for new sailors during the Russo-Japanese War.
General characteristics (as completed)
Displacement: 3,432 long tons (3,487 t) (normal load)
Length: 105 m (344.5 ft)
Beam: 12.5 m (41.0 ft)
Draught:
  • 4.2 m (13.8 ft),
  • 7.3 m (24.0 ft) deep load
Installed power: 1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion: steam
Speed: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Complement: 72
Armament:
  • 4 × 1 80mm naval guns
  • 2 × 1 5mm machine guns

KIS Yangmu (양무호,揚武號) was the first battleship of the Korean Empire Armed Forces. This ship was built by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co and named "SS Pallas". This ship launched on 1881 and used in Clark George Ltd, Sunderland. In 1893, this ship sold to the Japan's Mitsui Corporation, and Named "Kachidate Maru".[1][2] Next 1903, Japan's It was purchased by the empire from Mitsui Corporation with 1,100,000 Korean Won, or 550,000 Japanese Yen. This was about 30% of the total military budget of the Korean Empire. The battleship, however, was not as efficient as it looked because it was previously used as a cargo ship by the British since its construction in 1881. For the reasons above, another battleship was ordered to be constructed for a more efficient battleship- the KIS Guangjae.

References

  1. ↑ "Ko Yang Moo-1888".
  2. ↑ "Kachidate Maru".
  • An, Joo Yun. "The Korean Empire: a 13-year Plan." History Special. Dir. Jung Hoon Go. KBS. KBS1, Seoul, 22 Sept. 2006. Television.
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