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Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Japanese cargo ship (ex-War Spaniel 1918-1919, Castellano 1919-1922, Hokkoh Maru or Hokko Maru 1922-1943

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Call sign JHWA. Launched by Short Bros Ld., Pallion yard, Sunderland, England with yard number 399 on 28 March 198, completed in July 1918 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Raton 300 miles north west of the Admiralty Islands on 28 November 1943. Gross tonnage 5,347 tons, under deck 4,795 tons, netto tonnage 3,253 tons, deadweight 8,480 tons and as dimensions 400.0 x 52.4 x 28.5 x 8 (light)-25.7 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 515 nhp, oil bunker capacity 820 tons, range 8,600 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots. 

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