(FUKUEI MARU No. 10, prewar – Peter Cundall’s
collection)
This class consists of FUKUEI MARU No. 10, FUKUEI MARU No. 15
(also wrongly known as EIFUKU MARU No. 15) KOSEI MARU and KASHIMA MARU, completed between
Sep ’36 and Oct ‘40 for various shipping companies. All but KOSEI MARU were requisitioned
by the IJN and converted to auxiliary netlayers. FUKUEI MARU No. 10 was
later converted to an auxiliary gunboat and finally to an auxiliary
transport in Oct ’43. All were bombed or torpedoed and sunk between Feb
’42 and Jul ’45.
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| Builder and Year Completed: |
Osaka. Mihara Zosen Tekkosho K.K. shipyard
1936 ~ 1940
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| Gross tonnage: |
847~ 876-tons |
| Dimensions: |
185.0' (Lpp) x 30.8' x 16.7' |
| Propulsion: |
One Diesel Engine, one shaft, 500 bhp
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| Speed: |
Unknown. |
| Armament (data apply to Fukuei Maru No.
10) : |
As netlayer/gunboat: 1 8cm/40cal deck
guns, 1 Type 93 13mm MG, 1 7.7mm MG, 1 60cm searchlight, 2 Type 95
DCs racks, 1 DC thrower, 24 DCs, 4 Type 14
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