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''Ertuğrul'', launched in 1863, was a sailing frigate of the Ottoman Navy. While returning from a goodwill voyage from Japan in 1890, she encountered a typhoon off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, subsequently drifted into a reef and sank. The maritime accident resulted in the loss of 533 sailors, including Admiral Ali Osman Pasha. Only sixty-nine 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. ==Ship== ''Ertuğrul'', ordered in 1854 by Ottoman Sultan Abdülâziz (reigned 1861–1876), was built in the Taşkızak Shipyard (Tersâne-i Âmire) in Golden Horn, Constantinople and was launched on 19 October 1863 in presence of the Sultan. She was named for Ertuğrul Gazi (1198–1281), the father of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire. A three-mast wooden ship, she was long, wide and had a draft of . The frigate sailed to England in 1864, where she had steam engines and state of the art machinery installed, including electrical lighting. On 18 February 1865, she left Portsmouth to return home with two other ships of the Ottoman Navy, ''Kosova'' and ''Hüdavendigâr'', visiting some French and Spanish ports on the way. After arriving in Constantinople, she anchored awhile in the Bosphorus in front of the Dolmabahçe Palace and later took part in the campaign against the Cretan Revolut in 1866. Subsequently she was locked up in Golden Horn during the reign of Abdul Hamid II (1876–1909). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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