RIKUGUN YUSOSEN
(Similar age and size ship)
GYOEI MARU:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2018 Bob Hackett
E 1894:
Middlesbrough, England. Laid down by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd., as Yard No. 416, a
2,790 grt cargo ship for the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. (Jardine, Matheson & Co., London).
16 November 1895:
Launched and named SUI SANG.
December 1895:
Completed.
1919:
Sold to Lai Hing SS Co., Hong Kong. Renamed APOEY.
September 1933:
Singapore. APOEY is drydocked at Keppel Harbor.
December 1941: The Fall of Hong Kong.
APOEY is probably sunk or scuttled prior to capture by the Japanese.
E 1942~1943:
APOEY is salvaged and repaired by the Japanese.
E 1943:
Renamed GYOEI MARU. Placed under the Senpaku Uneikai (Civilian Administration) and allotted to the Imperial Army with No. IJA No. 2041.
14 January 1944:
South China Sea. 14th Air Force Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" heavy bombers sink GYOEI MARU at 20-35N, 113-44E.
Author's Note:
Thanks go to Erich Muehlthaler of Germany.
Bob Hackett
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