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Founding of Nagasaki Shipyard

When
1884
Where
Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works
Part of
Nagasaki Shipyard founded, predecessor of Mitsubishi

Iwasaki Yatarō leased the Nagasaki Seitetsusho from the government in 1884, renaming it the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works.

The legacy row specifies the date as 7 July 1884, but the supplied passages only state the year 1884. Iwasaki Yatarō, founder of Mitsubishi, leased the Nagasaki Seitetsusho from the Japanese government. He renamed it the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, entering the shipbuilding business on a large scale.

Sources

  1. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09
  2. Nagasaki Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20

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