Kaimiloa
Kaimiloa anchored at Honolulu. | |
| History | |
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| Kingdom of Hawaii | |
| Name | HHMS Kaimiloa |
| Cost | $20,000 |
| Commissioned | 28 March 1887 |
| Decommissioned | 30 August 1887 |
| Fate | Burned in 1910 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Explorer gunboat |
| Tons burthen | 170 tons |
| Length | 127 feet 8 inches (38.91 m) |
| Beam | 25 feet 3 inches (7.70 m) |
| Draft | 11 feet 2 inches (3.40 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 67 |
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HHMS Kaimiloa was a warship of the Hawaiian Royal Navy. The ship was formerly the Explorer, a 170-ton schooner, built in England in 1871. Kaimiloa sailed from Hawaii to Samoa and other Pacific islands in 1887 in an effort by King Kalākaua to form a confederation of Polynesian states to counteract European imperialism. The instance nearly resulted in military conflict between the Kingdom of Hawaii and the German Empire, who viewed Samoa as their possession in the Pacific. It was also used as a training ship.
In the Hawaiian language, kaimiloa (from ka ʻimi loa) means "one who seeks afar" which roughly translates 'explorer'.