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Wednesday 17 April 2024

Japanese sidewheel paddle steam ferry Kanmon Maru No. 4 1921-after 1948

Owner Department of Railways, Tokyo, Japan. Call sign JOGE. Built by Osaka Iron Works Ld., Osaka, Japan in 1921. Gross tonnage 493 tons, under deck 486 tons, net tonnage 177 tons and as dimensions 176.0 x 3-.0 x 14.0 feet. Coal fuelled reciprocating propulsion, 87 nhp. Normal displacement 3,390 tons and as dimensions 123.4 (over all) x 12,5 x 4,4 metres or 405 x 41 x 14.6 feet. Steam turbine propulsion with 2 Parsons steam turbine sets and 12 Yarrow boilers, 18,000 shp, speed 25 knots and range 4,630 nautical miles.10 knots. Crew numbered 293 men. Armour a 1,3-2,5cm (0.5-1”) thick deck and a conning tower protected by 10.2cm/4”. Armament 10x1-10.2cm/4” guns, 4x1-4.7cm/1.9”.3 pounder quick firing guns and 2x1-45cm/18” torpedo tubes. 

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