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Tuesday 26 March 2024

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Norfolk Range 1905-1913, Campus 1913-1919, Marshal Plumer 1919-1921, Brookway 1921-1924, Tsurogisan 1924-1938) Turugisan Maru 1938-1942

Call sign JOVA. Built by Irvine’s Shipbuilding&D.D. Co. Ld., West Hartlepool, England in 1905 and sunk by American bombers off Rabaul, New Guina on 27 December 1942. Gross tonnage 3,108 tons, under deck 2,861 tons, net tonnage 1,886 tons and as dimensions 325.0 x 47.1 x 1.8 x 7 (light)-20.7 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, 267 nhp, coal bunker capacity 637 tons, range 6,000 nautical miles/8.5 knots and speed 8.5 (normal cruising)-9.5 (maximum) knots. 

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