United Kingdom-flagged/owned 1905-1913 and 1923-1924 and Belgium-flagged/owned 1917-1923. Call sign JGWB. Built by Irvine’s Shipbuilding&D.D. Co. Ld., West Hartlepool, England in May 1905 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Skate (SS-305) in Togi harbor on 12 June 1945. Gross tonnage 3,142tons, net tonnage 2,257 tons and as dimensions 325.3x x 47.1 x 13.8 x 7 (light)-20.7 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, 267 nhp, coal bunker capacity 637 tons, range 6,000 nautical miles/8.5 knots and speed 8.5 (normal cruising)-9.5 (maximum) knots.
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