(HONG KONG MARU, prewar)
This class consists of HONG KONG MARU only, completed in ‘36 for Osaka Chosen K.K. (OSK) as a 2,797-tons cargo liner. She was requisitioned in Nov ‘41 by the IJN, converted the following month to an auxiliary gunboat and torpedoed and sunk by an unidentified submarine in Jun ‘43.
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| Builder and Year Completed: |
Uraga. Kobe. Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K. shipyard
1936
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| Gross tonnage: |
2,797 tons |
| Dimensions: |
298.6' (Lpp) x 44.9' x 25,2' |
| Propulsion: |
One steam turbine engine , 1 shaft, 1,500 s.h.p. |
| Speed: |
14 knots cruising, 15.5 knots max. |
| Armament: |
- Unknown
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