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Saturday, 7 September 2024

Japanese cargo-passenger ship (Makambo 1907-1939) Kainan Maru 1939-1944

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Call sign JZON. Launched by Clyde Shipbuilding&Engineering Co. Ltd., yard Castle Works, Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 273 on 16 March 1907 for Burns, Philp&Co. Ltd., Sydney, Australia as ss Makambo and torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Stoic off Phuket, Thailand on 12 June 1944. Gross tonnage 1,134 tons, netto tonnage 637 tons, deadweight .1930 tons and as dimensions 210.3 x 31.4 x 14.8 x 9.6 (light)-17.6 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 145 nhp, coal bunker capacity 21.. tons, range 2,900 nautical miles/8.5 knots and speed 8.5 (normal cruising)-10 (maximum) knots. 

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