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Raifuku Maru
History
Name
SS Raifuku Maru
Owner
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.[1]
Port of registry
Kobe, Japan
Builder
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
Yard number
427
Completed
1918
In service
1918
Out of service
1925
Fate
Sank in storm in North Atlantic in 1925[2]
General characteristics
Tonnage
5,867 gross register tons (GRT)[1]
Length
117.3 m (384.84 ft)[1]
Beam
15.5 m (50.85 ft)
Depth
11 m (36.09 ft)[3]
Installed power
440 hp (0.33 MW).[1]
Propulsion
Triple expansion engines.
Front page of the New York Times, April 23, 1925, detailing the sinking of SS Raifuku Maru
The SS Raifuku Maru (来福丸 (Kyūjitai: 來福丸), Raifuku Maru) was a Japanese Dai-ichi Taifuku Maru-class cargo ship, which was built in 1918 at Kawasaki Dockyard in Kobe, Japan, and owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. In April 1925, it sank in a heavy storm during a voyage from Boston, USA, to Hamburg, Germany, with a cargo of wheat and a crew of thirty-eight, all of whom were lost.[2][3]
^ abcdwww.wrecksite.eu - (Note: this website states that the crew was 48, whereas most other sources say 38)
^ abJay Sivell. Wordpress.com
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