Name: | BIRMA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/01/1912 |
Completed: | 03/1912 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 885 |
Dimensions: | 4859grt, 3582nrt, 390.0 x 50.5 x 27.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42.5 & 70 x 48ins), 411nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
03/1912 | NV Rotterdamsche Lloyd (W Ruys & Zonen), Rotterdam |
1923 | Heart Kisen KK, Dairen; renamed BIRMA MARU |
1924 | Yokichi Shiozaki, Amagasaki; renamed SHINNOH MARU |
1938 | Daikyo Shosen KK, Amagasaki |
07/03/1946 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1924: Also seen as SINNO MARU |
07/03/1946: Wrecked off Tsushima |