Japanese warship Chōyō

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Chōyō (朝陽^?) was a warship of the Imperial Navy during the Boshin War. She participated to the Naval Battle of Hakodate in 1869, where she was sunk on May 11th by the rebel warship Banryū. She suffered a huge explosion after being hit, in which 73 sailors died, although her captain Nakamuta Kuranosuke survived.

She was built in the Netherlands, where she had been named Edo. She had been presented to the Nagasaki Naval Training Center by the Dutch in May 1858.

Painting of the Chōyō

Sinking of Chōyō by the rebel Banryū

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