KIS Yangmu
 'The Korean Imperial Ship, Yangmu.'
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| History | |
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 Korean Empire | |
| Name | KIS Yangmu |
| Builder | Sir Raylton Dixon & Co |
| Cost | 圓 1,100,000 |
| Launched | 1881 |
| Completed | 1881 |
| Commissioned | April 15, 1900 |
| Decommissioned | 1907 |
| Fate | Selected by Imperial Japanese Navy to be used as practical exercise for new sailors during the Russo-Japanese War. |
| General characteristics (as completed) | |
| Type | Lighthouse tender |
| Displacement | 3,432 long tons (3,487 t) (normal load) |
| Length | 105 m (344.5 ft) |
| Beam | 12.5 m (41.0 ft) |
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| Installed power | 1,750 shp (1,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | steam |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Complement | 72 |
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KIS Yangmu (Korean: 양무호; Hanja: 揚武號) was the first ship of the Korean Imperial Navy. 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 1900, It was purchased by the Korean 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 ship, however, was not very effective because its previous use as a cargo ship. For the reasons above, a better ship was constructed – the KIS Gwangje.
References
- An, Joo Yun. "The Korean Empire: a 13-year Plan." History Special. Dir. Jung Hoon Go. KBS. KBS1, Seoul, 22 Sept. 2006. Television.