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Monday, 4 December 2023
Japanese passenger-cargo ship Toba Maru 1915-1945 (1958)
Call sign JPFD. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan with yard number 382 on 17 November 1915, launched on 1 July 1916, completed on 10 August 1916, requisitioned by the Japanese army on 11 July 1938, became IJA No. 486, returned to owners on 8 January 1939, again requisitioned by the Army on 15 July 1941, returned to woners on 11 July 1945, confiscated by the Repubic of China, repairs completed by September 1946, sold tot a Taiwanese company, renamed Tainan, later sold to Eki Sachi Funegyo Ltd, renamed Foo Yuu and broken up at Taiwan in 1958. Gross tonnage 6,995 tons, under deck 6,447 tons, net tonnage 4,283 tons and dimensions 445.0 x 58.0 x 34.0 x 9 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Fitted out for deep tanks for carrying oil in bulk.
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