HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits.Around 1860 Japan was in turmoil about whether or not the country should engage in trade with the West. In 1863 insurgents - advocates of an isolationist policy - fired on western vessels, including the Dutch warship Medusa, in the Shimonoseki Straits. In retaliation, the western allies mounted a military expedition to end the blockade. The Netherlands once again deployed HMS Medusa for this mission.
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