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Sunday, 30 July 2023

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Tresilian 1899-1924, Yorkhill 1924-1926) Taisei 1926-1944

Call sign JFVB. Gross tonnage 3,601 tons, under deck 3,375 tons, net tonnage 2,622 tons, deadweight 5,570 tons and as dimensions 341.0 x 46.7 x 26.0 x 8 (light)-21.5 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating 293 nhp propulsion, single screw, speed 9 (normal cruising)-10 (maximum) knots and a range of 5,200 miles/9 knots/541 ton coal bunker capacity. Launched by West Yard, John Readhead&Sons, South Shields, United Kingdom on 26 July 1889, completed in August 1899 and sunk after a collision 20 miles off Cape Kamoi, Hokkaido, Japan.

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