 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mokugara kwenguva pfupi kweJapan muTaiwanmuna 1874, kunetsana kwakakwira pakati peChina neJapan, uye mukana wehondo wakaita kuti hurumende yeJapan izive kuti yaifanira kusimbisa uto rayo rehondo. Gore rakatevera racho hurumende yakaita hurongwa hwechikepe chakagadzirirwa zvombo uye ngarava mbiri dzeKongō-class, dzakagadzirwa nomugadziri wezvikepe zveBritain Sir Edward Reed, kubva kumaBritish shipyards sezvo pasina ngarava yeJapan yakakwanisa kuvaka chikepe chehukuru uhwu. 