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Hokuman Maru

Hokuman Maru
Photo: City of Vancouver Archives (Walter Frost Collection) AM1506-S3-2-CVA_447-2300

Histoire

This freighter was built in 1921 by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe Japan.

Notes historiques

On Wednesday January 23, 1935 this freighter cracked a plate and the incoming water overwhelmed her pumps. Carrying a cargo of wheat and scrap iron this vessel sank 150 miles off the coast of Vancouver Island. Her passengers and crew were rescued by Captain Michael Jensen in the President Jackson.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1921-1928 she was owned by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd., Kobe Japan.

In 1928-1933 she was owned by Nippon Yusa Kaisha (NYK), Tokyo Japan.

In 1933 she was owned by Yamashita Kisen K.K., Kobe Japan.

In 1933-1935 she was owned by Manshu Kairku Unso, Japan.

Capitaines

Captain Kohei Iwata (1935)

Références

  • The Vancouver Province Wednesday January 23, 1935 Page 1
  • www.wrecksite.eu ↗ (website viewed 01/09/2025)
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