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François Léonce Verny, (December 2, 1837-May 2, 1908) was a French engineer who directed the construction of the Japanese arsenal of Yokosuka, as well as many related modern infrastructure projects from 1865 to 1876, thus helping jump-start Japan's modernization. Leonce Verny. ...
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Early life
Léonce Verny was born in Pont d'Aubenas, Ardèche, central France. He studied at Lyon and then went on to the prestigious École Polytechnique. He entered the Institute for Applied Maritime Science at Cherbourg in 1858, where he became a Naval Engineer. He worked for the French state in the arsenals of Brest and Toulon. Ardèche is a département in south-central France named after the Ardèche River. ...
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The cadets of Polytechnique rushed to the defense of Paris against the foreign armies in 1814. ...
Cherbourg is a city of Normandy, in northwestern France, in the Manche département, of which it is a sous_préfecture. ...
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Location within France Coat of Arms of Toulon Toulon (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. ...
Léonce Verny was sent to Ning-Po in China in 1862 to supervise the construction of four gunboats for the Chinese Navy, as well as a shipyard. Ningbo (Simplified Chinese: 宁波; Traditional Chinese: 寧波; pinyin: Níngbō; Wade-Giles: Ning-po; literally Tranquil Waves) is a seaport sub-provincial city in the Zhejiang province of China. ...
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Career in Japan Japan had started a modernization effort in 1853, and the Tokugawa Bakufu decided to build a modern arsenal in collaboration with the French. Verny was sent to Japan in October 1864, and stayed for 12 years, returning home to France on March 13, 1876. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ...
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Yokosuka arsenal Verny started work on the Yokosuka arsenal in 1865 as the chief administrator and constructor. The location was chosen because it was a well protected inlet, in proximity to Yokohama and Tokyo. 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō listen, literally eastern capital), is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu in Japan. ...
During 1865 Verny went back to France to purchase all necessary machinery and recruit French naval experts (45 families in all) to help organise the construction of the arsenal. During the months he was in France, Verny also helped in the negotiations to send a military mission to Japan, that was to help modernize the army of the Bakufu from 1867, and would take the side of the Bakufu during the Boshin War under the leadership of Jules Brunet. 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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The Boshin War (戊辰戦争 Boshin Sensō, literally War of the Year of the Dragon) was fought in 1868-1869 between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the pro-Imperial forces in Japan. ...
The French military mission before its departure to Japan. ...
In Yokosuka, 65 Japanese technicians and 2500 workers were selected. The construction of the arsenal was the central point of a global modern infrastructure, that was to prove an important first step for the modernization of Japan's industry. Modern buildings, the Hashirimizu waterway, foundries, brick factories, technical schools to train Japanese technicians were established. The term foundry originally was a synonym for a steel mill or general metal works where metal casting operations were performed. ...
A weathered brick wall. ...
Construction of the Yokosuka arsenal c.1870.
Download high resolution version (844x154, 42 KB)Construction of the Yokosuka shipyard. ...
Download high resolution version (844x154, 42 KB)Construction of the Yokosuka shipyard. ...
Besides the construction of the Yokosuka arsenal, Verny also worked on the establishment of lighthouses throughout the Tokyo area (some of them are still visible, such as the Jogashima and the Kannonzaki lighthouses), and the building of the shipyard at Nagasaki, with the largest hauling facility in Asia. The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...
Megane-bashi, the Eyeglasses Bridge Nagasaki (長崎市; -shi) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. ...
His mission ended in 1876, when the Japanese were able to take full control of the operations. 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Yokosuka was to become one of the main arsenals of the Imperial Japanese Navy into the 20th century, in which were built battleships such as Yamashiro, and aircraft carriers such as Hiryu and Shokaku. Major Naval aircraft were also designed at the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (大日本帝國海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) was the navy of Japan before 1945. ...
The Yamashiro (山城) was the Imperial Japanese Navys second Fuso-class battleship, and was laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on November 20, 1913, launched on November 3, 1915, and commissioned on March 31, 1917. ...
An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. ...
Hiryu (Japanese: 飛龍, meaning flying dragon) was a Soryu-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ...
Shokaku (Japanese: 翔鶴 shōkaku meaning flying crane) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. ...
The First Naval Air Technical Arsenal (第一海軍航空技術廠), located in Yokosuka, Japan, was responsible for the design of several aircraft used by the Japanese Imperial Navy during World War II. Actual manufacture of Yokosuka designs was handled by companies such as Aichi Kokuki. ...
Later life Upon his return to France, Verny continued to work for the French state for six months, when he finally left active service.
He was the director of one of the largest mining companies in France (Compagnie des houllières de Firminy) until 1895. 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
He passed away on May 2, 1908, in his home in Pont d'Aubenas. May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ...
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Legacy Léonce Verny is remembered in Japan as a symbol of modernization and of friendship with France. A park has been built in his name ("Verny park") on the seafront next to the naval base of Yokosuka. A bust of Verny, as well as a museum, have also been built on the emplacement. Verny Park in Yokosuka. ...
Verny Park in Yokosuka. ...
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The dry docks built by Verny are still in place and intact, and are currently used by the US Navy. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...
See also The o-yatoi gaikokujin or oyatoi gaikokujin (お雇い外国人 — hired foreigners, foreign employees) were foreign specialists, engineers, teachers, mercenaries and more, hired to assist in the modernization of Japan. ...
References "Soie et Lumières, L'Age d'or des échanges franco-japonais", Christian Polak, Hachette-Fujingaho |
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