Terukuni Maru-class ocean liner

NYK Line Terukuni Maru
Class overview
Name: Terukuni Maru class ocean liner
Builders: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:
Cost: 6,177,000 JPY
Built: 1929 – 1930
In commission: 1930 – 1944
Planned: 2
Completed: 2
Lost: 2
General characteristics
Type: Ocean liner
Tonnage:
  • Terukuni Maru 11931 t gross
  • Yasukuni Maru 11933 t gross
Length: 160.5 m (526 ft 7 in) overall
Beam: 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in)
Draught: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts
  • 10,000 bhp cruising
  • 14,368 bhp full boost
Speed:
  • Terukuni Maru
  • 17.8 knots (20.5 mph; 33.0 km/h)
  • Yasukuni Maru
  • 18.0 knots (20.7 mph; 33.3 km/h)
Capacity: 249 passengers (121 first class, 68 tourist class, 60 third class)
Crew: 177
Armament:
  • Yasukuni Maru, 1941
  • 4 × 150 mm (5.9 in) L/40 naval guns
  • 4 × 13 mm AA guns

The Terukuni Maru-class ocean liner (照國丸型貨客船, Terukuni Maru-gata Kakyakusen) was a class of ocean liners of Japan, serving during the 1930s, and into World War II.

Background

Service

Terukuni Maru

The wreck lay on its side, partly submerged and visible to wartime shipping in the Thames Estuary area.[1]

Yasukuni Maru

Photos

See also

References

  1. Lund & Ludlam. (1979) Out Sweeps! The Story of the Minesweepers in World War II. New English Library ISBN 0450044688 p.17

Bibliography

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