Tsukuba
1880-1980
13 gun – 1034 ton
Naval Cadet Training
3 masted screw corvette
Commanded by Capt. Norimichi Aiura
Imperial Japanese Navy
First Japanese naval vessel to visit Canadian water 10 June 1880
Erected on the occasion of the visit of the Japan Training Squadron
J.D.S. Katori – J.D.S. Akigumo
Commanded by
Rear-Admiral Osuke Fukai, J.M.S.D.F.
Presented by the Canadian Navy
Unveiled by
Mayor W. Tindall and Admiral M. Martin
10 June 1980
Marker can be reached from Government Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
