Terukuni Maru (1929)
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Terukuni Maru (照国丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was launched in 1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, on the southern island of Kyūshū, Japan, entering service in 1930. She sank off the English coast in 1939 after striking a mine. Her sinking has been described as Japan's only World War II casualty outside East Asia before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.[1]
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Japan | |
Name | Terukuni Maru |
Operator | Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Nagasaki |
Yard number | 467 |
Laid down | January 9, 1929 |
Launched | December 19, 1929 |
Completed | May 31, 1930 |
In service | 1930 |
Fate | Mined off UK coast November 21, 1939 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Terukuni Maru class ocean liner |
Tonnage | 11,931 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 153.92 m (505.0 ft)pp |
Beam | 19.51 m (64.0 ft) |
Draught | 11.28 m (37.0 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesel engines, 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) |
Speed | 17 knots |
Capacity | 249 |
Crew | 177 |
Notes | Steel construction |
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