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JAPAN (1906)

Service dates: 1914-1926

Official number: 98349

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:


Passenger/Cargo Ship.


Career

05.07.1906
Launched.
20.09.1906
Delivered as Japan for Apcar Line at a cost of £88,000.
27.02.1912
Sold to British India Steam Navigation Company.
15.04.1912
Transferred to British India service.
07.02.1913
Ran aground at Saratoga Spit, Japan, inward bound from Calcutta. She was refloated without sustaining any damage.
24.06.1914
Takeover of British India Steam Navigation Company by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
1917/1919
Came under the Liner Requisition Scheme.
30.03.1922
Fire broke out in her cargo hold while at Hong Kong, but she managed to remain undamaged.
13.04.1926
Sold for £15,500 to Japanese owners. She was delivered to Kobe, although it appears that her owners did not trade her.
1928
Broken up in Japan.


Ship technical details (PDF)