found despite searching by ships from the IJN and the Royal Navy's China Station; the most popular theory is that the design was top-heavy due to its excessive armament and was unstable in rough weather. Unebi was officially declared lost with all hands and stricken from the navy list on 19 October 1887. A memorial monument to the missing crew of Unebi is located at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. The insurance settlement of ¥1,245,309 was applied to the construction of the cruiser . However, the Imperial Japanese Navy was reluctant to continue working with French shipyards after the Unebi disaster, and placed its order for the French-designed Chiyoda with John Brown & Company in Scotland. Citations References Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy Ships built in France France–Japan relations Naval ships of Japan 1886 ships Maritime incidents in December 1886 Missing ships Shipwrecks in the South China Sea Ships lost with all hands