KIS Yangmu

'The Korean Imperial Ship, Yangmu.'
History
Korean Empire
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 Imperial Japanese Navy to be used as practical exercise for new sailors during the Russo-Japanese War.
General characteristics (as completed)
Type	cruiser
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 4 × 1 47mm naval guns

KIS Yangmu (양무호,揚武號) was the first warship 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 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 warship, however, was not as efficient as it looked because its previous use as a cargo ship. For the reasons above, another battleship was ordered to be constructed for a more efficient warship- the KIS Guangjae.

References[]

• An, Joo Yun. "The Korean Empire: a 13-year Plan." History Special. Dir. Jung Hoon Go. KBS. KBS1, Seoul, 22 Sept. 2006. Television.