Japanese cruiser Nisshin (1936): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Name	Japanese cruiser Nisshin	Wikidata label
Year lost	1936	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	Interwar	derived from year
Ship type	armored cruiser	Wikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flag	Empire of Japan	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Operator	Imperial Japanese Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	Inner Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Shikoku	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 8 km from land
Position	34.0833, 132.8833	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

Nisshin (日進), also transliterated as Nissin, was a Kasuga-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built in the first decade of the 20th century by Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente, Italy, where the type was known as the Giuseppe Garibaldi class. The ship was originally ordered by the Royal Italian Navy in 1901 as San Rocco and sold the next year to the Argentine Navy who renamed her Mariano Moreno during the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race, but the lessening of tensions with Chile and financial pressures caused the Argentinians to sell her before delivery. At that time tensions between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire were rising, and the ship was offered to both sides before she was purchased by the Japanese.

During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, Nisshin participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and was damaged in the subsequent Battle of Tsushima. In addition, she frequently bombarded the defenses of Port Arthur. The ship played a limited role in World War I and was used to escort Allied convoys and search for German commerce raiders in the Indian Ocean and Australasia.

Location

Recorded position: 34.0833, 132.8833 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: Inner Sea
Nearest coast: Shikoku

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OpenStreetMap

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