Normanton incident

When

24 Oct 1886

Kind

Event

Coordinates

33.47° N, 135.86° E

Description

The British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, triggering the Normanton incident.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Normanton incident.

1886 sinking of a British ship off Japan and resulting backlash

The Normanton incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of the British merchantman Normanton of the coast of Japan's Wakayama Prefecture on 24 October 1886. Normanton, which had a mixed crew of Europeans and Asians along with 25 Japanese passengers onboard, was sailing from Yokohama to Kobe when it ran aground in bad weather and began sinking.

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