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Call sign HRBI. Homeport La Ceiba. Honduras-flagged. Owner in 1939 Seaboard S.S., managers Standard Fruit&S.S. Co.). Laid down by Scott Shipbuilding&Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock, Scotland in 1907, launched on 27 November 1907, completed February 1908 for Iquitos Steamship Co., sold to Vaccaro Brothers&Co. In 1921, boilers converted from coal to oil-fuelled, sold to Wallem&Co., Hong Kong in 1941, captured by Japanese on 8 December 1941, used a troop and ammunition transport Ekkai Maru, sunk by Allied aircraft in the Philippines on 24 September 1944. Gross tonnage 1,984 tons, under deck 2,178 tons, netto tonnage 1,835 tons, deadweight 2,900 tons and as dimensions 300.3 x 45.2 x 21.1 x 21 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 381 nhp. Oil fuelled. and speed 11 (normal cruising)-12.5 (maximum) knots.
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