Ameland, Netherlands 26 March 2025
Netherlands-flagged, homeport Rijswijk, Netherlands, IMO 9167966, MMSI 244454000 and call sign PDHT. Owned by Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat, The Hague, Netherlands and managed by the coast guard. Built by Scheepswerf Slob, Papendrecht, Netherlands with yard number 403 in 1998 and completed by Damen Shipyard Gorinchem, Gorinchem, Netherlands.
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Sister ships Aden Maru-Atlantic Maru-Belgium Maru-Borneo Maru-Brazil Maru-Burma Maru-Celebes Maru-Chile Maru-China Maru-Denmark Maru-Eihuku Maru-England Maru-France Maru-Glasgow Maru-Gokoku Maru-Hiteru Maru-Hohuku Maru-Holland Maru-India Maru-Italy Maru-Karachi Maru-Keihuku Maru-Kinkai Maru-Liverpool Maru-Mantai Maru-Manzyu Maru-Midori Maru-Nagato Maru-Naples Maru-Nikki Maru-Norway Maru-Ohio Maru-Oregon Maru-Pacific Maru-San Francisco Maru-Singapore Maru-Sinsei Maru-Sumatra Maru-Thames Maru-Tihuku Maru-Tohuku Maru-Ume Maru-Victoria Maru. Alll vessels similar basic line differing just in bulwark at bow and house at stern. Call sign JADD. Laid down by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ld., Kobe, Japan with yard number 459 on 31 March 1919, launched on 16 June 1919, completed on 8 July 1919, requisitioned by the army as troop transport Alloted IJA No. 296 on 5 October 1941 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Gurnard (SS-254) 80 miles north of Menado, Philippines on 6 May 1944. Gross tonnage 5,824 tons, under deck 5,586 tons, netto tonnage 4,195 tons and as dimensions 385.0 x 51.0 x 36.0 x 8 (light)-27 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 440 bhp. 81 rpm/13.5 knots, coal bunker capacity around 2,000 tons, range around 13,000 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10-11 (normal cruising)-12-13.5 (maximum) knots.
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Call sign JPUN. Laid down by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ld., Tama, Japan on 18 November 1932, launched on 28 May 1933, completed on 31 July 1933, conversion into an auxiliary transport 15 October 1941-12 December 1941, registered on 20 November 1941, heavy damaged in air attacks at Tassafaronga, Guadacanal between 14-16 October 1942, beached and stricken on 1 Feburary 1943. Gross tonnage 7,623 tons, under deck 6,836 tons, net tonnage 4,655 tonsand as dimensions 454.0 x 60.0 x 37.0 x 12 (light)-27.6 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion, single screw, speed 16 (normal cruising)-18.5 (maximum) knots, 1230 nhp/700 bhp, 112 rpm/16.2 knots, oil bunker capacity included deep tanks 2,400 tons and range 33,000 nautical miles/16 knots.
Portsmouth, England February 2024
Italy-flagged, homeport Brindisi, MMSI 247971000 and call sign IARG. Preceded by Grado and Caorle and succeeded by LxD-project. Laid down with hull number 929 by Fincantieri, Riva Trigo/La Spezia, Italy on 27 May 1985, launched on 21 February 1987, commissioned on 13 Feburary 1998.
