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Call sign JYKD. Laid down by Sir Raylton Dixon&Co. Ld., Cleveland Dockyard, Middlesbrough, England with yard number 559 in end 910, launched on 29 April 1911, completed in July 1911, requisitioned by the army on 2 October 1941, converted into a troop transport and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Peto (SS-265) on 1 October underway prom Palau towards Rabaul. Gross tonnage 4,891 ton, under deck 4,535 ton, net tonnage 2,615 ton and as dimensions 386.0x 53.5 x 27.2 x 14 (light)-24 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw. Horsepower 417 nhp, coal bunker capacity 850 ton, range 5,500 nautical miles/9.5 knots and speed 9.5 (normal cruising 56 rpm)-10.5 (maximum 67rpm) knots.
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