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Thursday, 19 October 2023

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Kifune Maru 1918-1918) Kihune Maru 1938-1945

Built by Nagota Sanjuro, Osaka, Japan in 1918. Call sign JTPA. Gross tonnage 1,606 tons, under deck 1,325 tons, net tonnage 948 tons, deadweight 2,437 tons and as dimensions 240.0 x 36.1 x 20.9 x 6 (light)-17.6 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, 79 nhp, coal bunker capacity 255 tons, range 3,400 nautical miles/7 knots and speed 7 (normal cruising)-9 (maximum) knots. Mined and sunk in 1945. 

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