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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| OPAWA |
124566 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1906 |
05/11/1906 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Refrigerated Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Leven Yard |
774 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 7230 grt / 4588 nrt / |
460.4 ft |
60.2 ft |
31.3 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Denny & Company, Dumbarton |
| Engine detail |
| 2xT3Cyl. 24.5, 41.5 & 69 - 48in. 948nhp. 2-Screws. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., Plymouth |
Plymouth |
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| Other names |
| 1928 ANTARCTIC - 1934 ANTARCTIC MARU - 1935 TONAN MARU |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1928 Hvalfangerselsk. Antarctic A/S - Brunn & von der Lippe,Tonsberg.
1934 Nippon Hogei K.K., Tokyo.
1936 Kyodo Gyogyo K.K., Tokyo
1938 Nippon Suisan K.K., Tokyo |
| Vessel history |
| 1928 Converted to a whale factory ship by Norwegian owners. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1943 |
Torpedoed 28/11/1943 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Torpedoed by US submarine BOWFISH 25 miles NE of Nah-Trang, Vietnam, 12.46N - 109.42E while operating as a tanker. |
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