Qualla: Japanese Gunboat Oshima https://qualla.com/japanese-gunboat-oshima en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Japanese Gunboat Oshima https://qualla.com/japanese-gunboat-oshima Japanese Gunboat Oshima: Introduction https://qualla.com/japanese-gunboat-oshima/ The fog rolled in thick over Liaotung Bay on the night of 18 May 1904. Commander Hirose Katsuhiko -- elder brother of the famous naval hero Takeo Hirose -- was at the helm of the gunboat Oshima when she collided with another vessel in the murk. By the early hours of 19 May, the Oshima had slipped beneath the surface off Port Arthur, claimed not by Russian guns or mines but by the same treacherous weather that had plagued naval operations in these waters for months. It was an inglorious end for a ship that had made quiet history: the first vessel built in Japan with a vertical triple-expansion steam engine.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/j/japanese-gunboat-oshima-wp/wwyj-japanese-gunboat-oshima-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Japanese Gunboat Oshima: A Pioneer of Japanese Shipbuilding https://qualla.com/japanese-gunboat-oshima/ The Oshima was a steel-hulled, three-masted gunboat constructed at a shipyard in Kobe. Her design was based on a modified French template, with contributions from the distinguished French naval architect Louis-Emile Bertin, one of several foreign advisors who helped modernize Jap...

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