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Saturday 28 September 2024

British cargo ship Soochow 1920-1941 (Tosan Maru 1942-1945)

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Call sign GLXN. United Kingdom-flagged. Homeport London, England. Built byTakoo Dockyard&Engineering Co. 0f Hong Kong Ltd., HongKong in 1920 of China Navigation, scuttled in Hong Kong to prevent capture by Japanese in 1941, salavaged by Japanese and renamed Tosan Maru in 1942 and mined and sunk off Shimonoseki, Japan in 1945.

Gross tonnage 2,604 tons, under deck 2,276 tons, net tonnage 1,594 tons, deadweight 3,125 tons and as dimensions 310.3 x 41.2 x 22.4 x 7.7 (light)-22.8 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, horsepowe 195nhp, coal-fuelled, range 6,100 nautical miles/ 8.5 knots and speed 8.5 (normal cruising)-9.5 (maximum) knots. 

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