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Sister ships Tonegawa Maru and Yamayuri Maru identical similar Ryunan Maru. Call sign JQKM, Owner in 1939 Koun Kisen K.K. (managers Yamashito Kisen K.K.), Kobe, Japan. Launched by J.L. Thompson&Sons Ld., Sunderland, England on 30 December 1910, completed in February 1911, owner Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tonsberg, Norway, transferred to Far Eastern S.C. Co. Ltd. A/S in 1934 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Drum at Owase, Honshu, Japan on 20 October 1942. Gross tonnage 5,106 tons, under deck 4,717 tons, net tonnage 3,753 tons, deadweight 8,130 tons and as dimensions 400.0 x 52.0 x 27.4 x 7.9 (light)-24.9 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, one screw, horsepower 458 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,334 ton, range 10,500 nautical miles/10.5 knots and speed 10.5 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots.
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