KIS Yangmu (양무호,揚武號) was the first warship of the Korean Empire Armed Forces. This ship was built by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co and named "SS Pallas". This ship launched on 1881 and used in Clark George Ltd, Sunderland. In 1893, this ship sold to the Japan's Mitsui Corporation, and Named "Kachidate Maru". Next 1903, Japan's It was purchased by the Korean empire from Mitsui Corporation with 1,100,000 Korean Won, or 550,000 Japanese Yen. This was about 30% of the total military budget of the Korean Empire. The warship, however, was not as efficient as it looked because its previous use as a cargo ship. For the reasons above, another battleship was ordered to be constructed for a more efficient warship- the KIS Guangjae.