Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul

Voyage of frigate Ertuğrul to Japan, by Major general Osman Nuri Pasha (1839-1906).
History
Ottoman Empire
NameErtuğrul
Launched19 October 1863
Fate
General characteristics
Class & typeFrigate
Tons burthen2,344 tons
Length79 m (260 ft)
Beam15.5 m (51 ft)
Draft8 m (26 ft)
Depth of hold25.6 m (84 ft)
Propulsiontwo horizontal engines of 600 hp
Armament

Ertuğrul, launched in 1863, was a sailing frigate of the Ottoman Navy. While returning from a goodwill voyage to Japan in 1890, she encountered a typhoon off the Kushimoto coast of Wakayama Prefecture. It subsequently drifted into a reef and sank. The shipwreck resulted in the loss of more than 500 sailors and officers, including Rear Admiral Ali Osman Pasha. Only 69 sailors and officers survived and returned home later aboard two Japanese corvettes. The event is still commemorated as a foundation stone of Japanese-Turkish friendship.