The Diplomacy of the Doomed Ertugrul (1890)

When the Ertugrul set out she was an aging ship beset with troubles. She had an important task ahead of her however, she was to cement ties between the Ottomans and Japan, bringing a diplomatic party on board, as well as gifts from the Sultan to the Emperor of Japan. Though her voyage was full of problems she would succeed in her mission, only to never make it back to Istanbul again. Ship Name: Ertugrul Launched: 1864 Ship Type: Wooden Steam Frigate Tonnage: 2344 Nationality: Ottoman Sank: Oshima Island, Japan Year Sank: 1890 Reason for Sinking: Struck Rocks in a Typhoon Lives Lost: Between 550 and 600 Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20040317100032/http://www.turkjapan2003.org/rel/ertugrul.htm https://www.dailysabah.com/cinema/2015/12/25/125-years-of-friendship-revived-at-turkish-premiere-of-ertugrul-1890 https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ertugrul-frigate-symbol-of-turkish-japanese-friendship-158307 https://www.news2sea.com/131-years-have-passed-since-the-sinking-of-the-ertugrul-frigate/ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/ertugrul-frigate-tragedy-laid-foundations-of-strong-relations-between-turkiye-japan/2686970 https://www.nippon.com/en/behind/l00127/ https://www.mfa.gov.tr/data/enformasyon/brief-story-of-ertugrul-frigate.pdf https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2019/09/16/ertugrul-a-tragedy-that-boosted-the-bonds-between-turkey-and-japan https://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-japan.en.mfa https://nauticalarch.org/projects/ertugrul-ottoman-frigate-excavation/ https://web.ua.es/en/actualidad-universitaria/2016/diciembre16/1-11/university-of-alicante-reveals-the-history-of-frigate-ertugrul-an-ottoman-wreck-sunk-off-japan-in-1890.html https://trdergisi.com/en/commemoration-of-the-ertugrul-frigate-on-its-125th-anniversary/ https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1972/november/old-navy-loss-turkish-frigate-ertugrul