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Sunday 31 December 2023

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Wiltshire 1897-1899, Rossiya 1889-1904, Saishu Maru 1904-1938) Saisyu Maru 1938-1944

Call sign JSWB. Built by J. Priestman&Co., Sunderland, United Kingdom in September 1897 and sunk by the American submarine USS Tautog (SS-199) south off Honshu on 3 January 1944. As Wilsthire United Kingdom-flagged and owned, as Rossiya Russia-flagged and owned. Gross tonnage 2,083 tons, 1,870 tons under deck, 1,460 tons net tonnage, deadweight 3,450 tons and as dimensions 290.0 x 42.3 x 20.4 x 7 (light)-18.6 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, coal bunker capacity 270 tons, range 3,500 nautical miles/8.5 knots and speed 8.5 (normal cruising)-9.5 (maximum) knots. 

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