RIKUGUN YUSOSEN

Tencho Maru Class Transport

(TENCHO MARU, prewar)

This class consisted of cargo ship LeQUESNOY completed in '19 for Nova Scotia Transportation Co. Ltd. of Toronto, Canada.
In '22, she was sold to the Japanese firm Tatsuuma Kisen K.K. and renamed TENCHO MARU. She was torpedoed and sunk by a British
submarine near Billiton Island, Java in Aug '45.

Builder and
Year Completed:		 Dominion Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Toronto.
1919
Gross tonnage: 2,608-tons
Dimensions: 251' x 44' x 20'
Propulsion: 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw, 175 n.h.p
Speed: E 10 knots
Armament: Unknown Unknown