| Name: | DILKERA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/03/1902 |
| Completed: | 05/1902 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 138 |
| Dimensions: | 2667grt, 1694nrt, 326.0 x 45.4 x 21.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 277nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 117411 |
| History: | |
| 02/09/1902 | Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, Port Adelaide |
| 1931 | E Moller (Moller & Co), Shanghai; renamed MARY MOLLER |
| 1935 | Moller Line Ltd, Shanghai |
| 1941 | Japanese Government: renamed KAIKO MARU |
| 26/10/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | 08/12/1941: Seized by Japan in the Whangpoo River |
| 26/10/1944: Sank after being bombed by USAAF aircraft | |
| when NE of Hainan at position 20.27N – 111.49E |
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