Nagasaki Naval Training Center
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The Nagasaki Naval Training Center (Jp:長崎海軍伝習所) was a naval training institute, between 1855 when it was established by the government of the Shogun, until 1859, when it was transferred to Tsukiji in Tokyo.
The decision to build the center, together with the decision to order modern steam warships, was part of the actions taken by the Bakufu to modernize following the forcible opening of Japan by Commodore Perry in 1854.
The training center was established by the Dutch settlement of Dejima in Nagasaki, where maximum interaction with Dutch naval know-how would be made possible, and was managed by the Director Nagai Naoyuki (Jp:永井尚志). Katsu Kaishu was director of training under Nagai Naoyuki between 1855 until 1859 when he was commissioned an officer in the shogunal navy the following year. Dutch Navy officers were in charge of education, the first one being Pels Rijcken (in charge from 1855 to 1857), and the second one Kattendijke (in charge from 1857-1859).
The center was also equipped with Japan's first steamship, the Kankō Maru, given by the government of the Netherlands in 1855.
The future Admiral Enomoto Takeaki was one of the student of the Training Center.
The Training Center was closed in 1859, and education transferred to Tsukiji in Tokyo, where the Kankō Maru was also sailed by a Japanese-only crew.
