Terukuni Maru (1929)
NYK Terukuni Maru, 1930s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Terukuni Maru |
| Operator | Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Nagasaki |
| Yard number | 467 |
| Laid down | 9 January 1929 |
| Launched | 19 December 1929 |
| Completed | 31 May 1930 |
| In service | 1930 |
| Fate | Mined off UK coast 21 November 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Terukuni Maru class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 11,931 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 153.92 m (505.0 ft)pp |
| Beam | 19.51 m (64.0 ft) |
| Draught | 11.28 m (37.0 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 Mitsubishi-Sulzer diesel engines, 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots |
| Capacity | 249 |
| Crew | 177 |
| Notes | Steel construction |
Terukuni Maru (照国丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was launched in 1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, on the southern island of Kyūshū, Japan, entering service in 1930. She sank off the English coast in 1939 after striking a mine. Her sinking has been described as Japan's only World War II casualty outside East Asia before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.