| Name: | JAPONICA |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 22/11/1960 |
| Completed: | 02/1961 |
| Builder: | T Mitchison Ltd |
| Yard: | Friar's Goose, Gateshead |
| Yard Number: | 503 |
| Dimensions: | 234grt, 66nrt, 150dwt, 115.4 x 25.4 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SA, 8cyl (222 x 292mm), 660bhp |
| Engines by: | Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd, Dursley |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 302242; (IMO: 5170214) |
| History: | |
| 02/1961 | Ashley Fishing Co Ltd (John Wood), Aberdeen |
| 1983 | Decanos Fisheries Ltd (Cmain Shipping Ltd), Aberdeen |
| 1983 | Renamed HAPONICA |
| 1992 | Renamed MENORCA |
| 2013 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1961: Allocated fishing registration number A524 at Aberdeen |
| 1992: Allocated fishing registration number AR777 at Ayr |
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