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Japanese torpedo boat Kotaka. 1887. Considerred by some experts to be the world's first destroyer, invented by Japan according to WP article. Source: Tōgō Shrine and Tōgō Association (東郷神社・東 郷会), Togo Heihachiro in images, illustrated Meiji Navy (図説東郷平八郎、目で見る明治の海軍), (Japanese)