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Thursday, 24 September 2026

French merchant ship Bougainville 1913-1942 and Japanese Teifu or Teihu or Taihu Maru 1942-1945

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Call sign FNLR. Owner in 1939 Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis S.A., Le Havre, France. Laid down by Forges et chantiers de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, France in 1913, launched in 1914, completed in April 1914, part of the Vichy France fleet after 25 June 1940, requisitioned by Japan on 12 April 1942, bombed by American Task Force carrier based aircraft and sunk on 21 January 1945. Gross tonnage7,110 tons, net tonnage 4,363 tons, deadweight 9,200 tons and as dimensions 414.0 x 53.8 x 34.8 x 27 (loaded) feet. Coal fuelled propulsion, horsepower 416 nhp and speed 12 (normal cruising)-13 (maximum) knots. 

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