Henri Nicol

Nicol was a classmate of Collache as the Ecole Navale, France's Military Academy, where he had learnt some Japanese.

Nicol participated to the Naval Battle of Miyako, when three Bakufu warships were dispatched for a surprise attack against Imperial forces.

Nicol had been selected for the main attack on the Kaiten because he was a native of Bordeaux, and happened to know well about the characteristics and construction of the revolutionary warship Kotetsu, built in the same city.

To create surprise, the Kaiten entered Miyako harbour with an American flag, and the Banryu with a Russian one.

After the reddition of the Bakufu forces and the end of the conflict, Nicol was sent back to France with the other French officer.