Replica of the Japanese radar steam ship Kanko Maru, built in 1987 at Verolme, christened in Amsterdam in Amsterdam, in the locks of Ijmuiden on the way to Nagasaki with destination The Theme Park Huis ten Bosch in Sasebo (Japan). The radar steam ship, a 3-mast top sailing schooner (Jackass-Barque) with auxiliary steam drive, Zr.Ms. SOEMBING (1853-1855) has been transferred to Japan in 1855 by the Netherlands as the first steamship ever for the Japanese navy. Subsequently, the Royal Netherlands Marine has also taken out courses and training courses of the Japanese navy to introduce the Japanese to the state of the art of Western shipbuilding and learning to deal with propulsion D.M.v. steam. The goal was enforcement and improvement of trade relations with Japan. After the acquisition by Japan is the ship rebuilt in Kank Maru (1855-1876).