History | |
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Japan | |
Name | Nunobiki Maru |
Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock, Scotland |
Launched | 30 November 1874 |
Completed | 1874 |
Fate | Foundered 21 July 1899 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steamship |
Tonnage | 1,336 grt |
Length | 79.3 m (260 ft 2 in) overall |
Beam | 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | compound steam engine |
Nunobiki Maru (布引丸, literally, Drawn Fabric) was a Japanese steamship known mainly for her attempted delivery of arms, most notably powerful Murata rifles, from Japan to the Philippines, a key event in Japanese–Filipino relations during the Philippine–American War.