Syunsei Maru©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Similar Daigen Maru No.3, Syunsei Maru and Wakatu Maru, although the latter with a raked funnel. Call sign JEGB. Launched Built by Napier&Miller Ld., Glasgow, Scotland at the Old Kilpatrick yard with yard number 171 on 27 February 1911 and torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine HMS Truant in the Straits of Malacca on 1 April 1942. Gross tonnage 4,639 tons, under deck 4,581 tons, net tonnage 3,085 tons and as dimensions 400.2 x 52.3 x 27.4 x 7.6 (light)-24.6 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion. Horsepower 502 nhp. Range 12,000 nautical miles/9.5 knots and speed 9.5 (normal cruising)-11 (maximum) knots. Coal bunker capacity 1,600 tons. Single screw.
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