理蕃之舟：警邏船「扇海丸」之研究（1908-1912）

The Boat of Aboriginal Administration:a Research of the Patrol Boat Senkaimaru (1908-1912)

明治40年（1907）年總督府發現東海岸南澳、太魯閣很多部落接近海岸線，軍艦砲擊，成效良好。隔年向陸軍省介入扇海丸砲艦，改裝為速射砲，負責取締走私、威嚇砲擊、隘推人員物資運輸等，對原住民產生心理威嚇，提高隘勇線推進效率，在臺灣理蕃史上，扇海丸是第一艘專為理藩改造的砲艦，故稱「理藩之舟」，反應總督府因時地制宜思維，具特殊歷史意義。

"In 1907, for the aboriginal administration missions, the Government-General of Taiwan found that warship bombardments effective to the Taroko tribes and Kbbu’tribes, which inhabited near the east coast of Taiwan; and, then, acquired the gunboat Senkaimaru from the Army Ministry in the next year. Senkaimaru was modified and equipped with quick-firing guns to serve for smuggling raids, shock bombardments, and freights of the supplies for aboriginal administration missions. The deployment of Senkaimaru caused great psychological intimidation of the aboriginals and enhanced the efficiency for the advances of the lines of the frontier guards in the mountain passes. Senkaimaru, the first gunboat specially modified for the aboriginal administration missions, thus earned the title as the“boat of the aboriginal administration”and was an embodiment of the Government-General’s adaptability to geographical conditions. Therefore, Senkaimaru has her historical significance and importance in the history of the aboriginal administration of Taiwan."