With the sea fight off Hakodate the civil war ended. The feudal fleets
were abolished, and all ships were enrolled in an Imperial Navy—a
proceeding that, of course, increased its strength. Some reorganisation
of _personnel_ was also effected, bringing the Navy more into line with
the Western model.
Naval advisers came and went. They included, during the period
1865-1885, the present British admirals Tracy and Hopkins, the eminent
French naval architect M. Bertin, and finally Captain Ingles, R.N., of
whom more will be found in the Appendix.
The same year in which the Adsuma was launched the Riu Jo[5] was set
afloat at Aberdeen. She, too, was possibly originally destined to fly
the Confederate flag, but about this details are hard to procure.
Particulars are:—
Displacement 2530 tons.
Material Composite.
Length 213 ft.
Beam 41 ft.
Draught (extreme) 19 ft.
Armament One 6½-in. Krupp.
Six 70-pdrs.
[5] Pronounced “Dēēn-Jho,” but the exact sound cannot be rendered.
[Illustration: Fleet of Nahamoto, Adsuma leading.
[_By a Japanese artist._