© 2017 Bob Hackett
BARON POLWARTH (later SHUNSEI MARU) was completed as a cargo ship in 1911 for
Hugh Hogarth & Sons Ltd. (Iberia Shipping, Kelvin Shipping, Hogarth Shipping), Glasgow. SHUNSEI MARU was torpedoed and sunk in '42 by an British submarine off Pulau Perak, Malaya.
| Builder and Year Completed: |
Napier & Miller Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. 1911 |
| Gross tonnage: | 4,910-tons. |
| Dimensions: | 122 x 15.9 x 8.3 ' |
| Propulsion: | 1 x 3 cyl. triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw power: 369 n.h.p. |
| Speed: | 10.5 knots |
| Armament: | Unknown.
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