Japanese warship Chōgei Maru

For other ships with the same name, see Chōgei.

Japanese sailors on the Chōgei, May 13th, 1867. Drawing by Jules Brunet.

Chōgei Maru (長鯨丸) was a transportation ship belonging to the troops faithful to the Shogun during Japan's Boshin War.

Chōgei Maru was originally built in England. After the end of the Boshin War, she was used to transport the wounded rebels to Tokyo.

First ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (July 1869–February 1871)

Former Shogunal Navy	Kōtetsu 甲鉄 Chiyodagata 千代田形 Fujiyama 富士山 (Transports): Chōyō Maru 朝陽 Shōkaku Maru 翔鶴 Kankō Maru 観光 Hiryō Maru 飛龍 Kanrin Maru 咸臨 Hōō Maru 鳳凰 Risshō Maru 立象 Kaiun Maru 開運 Chōgei Maru 長鯨

Former Chōshū Navy	Teibō No. 1 第一丁卯 Teibō No. 2 第二丁卯 Un'yō 雲揚 Hōshō 鳳翔 (Transports): Kayō Maru 華陽

Former Satsuma Navy	Kasuga 春日 Kenkō 乾行

Former Saga Navy	Nisshin 日進 Mōshun 孟春 Ennen Maru 延年 Denryū Maru 電流

Former Kumamoto Navy	Ryūjō 龍驤

Former Tosa Navy	Izumi Maru 和泉

Former Akita Navy	Yōshūn Maru 陽春

Former Morioka Navy	(Transports): Hijun Maru 飛隼

Former Bitchū-Matsuyama Navy	(Transports): Kaifū Maru 快風

Former Kokura Navy	(Transports): Ōsaka Maru 大坂 Kōkyōsen 虹橋

Former Sunpu Navy	(Transports): Kōsoku Maru 行速

Acquisitions (before 1871)	Tsukuba 筑波 Settsu 摂津 Musashi 武蔵 Kawachi 河内 (Transports): Tōkyō Maru 東京 Karafuto Maru 樺太

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