ss KOSAI MARU
built by Lobnitz & Company Renfrew,
Yard No 472

Last Name: BIHUKU MARU (1938)
Previous Names: BIFUKU MARU (1926)
Launched: Sunday, 11/1998
Built: 1898
Ship Type: Passenger/Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 2627 grt
Length: 312 feet
Breadth: 39.2 feet
Owner History:
Red Cross Society of Japan
1900 Nippon Yusen KK, Tokyo
1926 onwards various Japanese owners
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 08/08/1942

Remarks: Torpedoed by USS NARWHAL in 41.14N 141.32E off NE coast of Honshu
Previous update by Stuart Cameron

Last updated: by George Robinson from the original records by Stuart Cameron




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