Name: | KOMATA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/02/1907 |
Completed: | 03/1907 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 774 |
Dimensions: | 1994grt, 1294nrt, 286.0 x 42.1 x 18.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 210nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 117593 |
History: | |
03/1907 | Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd, Dunedin |
1934 | Miyachi KK, Japan |
1935 | Fan Shien Ho, Tsingtao; renamed FU HO |
1937 | VK Song, Tsingtao |
1938 | Miyachi Kisen KK, Kobe; renamed HUZAN MARU (or FUZAN MARU) |
17/07/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 1934: Sold for breaking up but resold by the shipbreaker |
17/07/1943: Sank after a collision with JUZAN MARU about | |
15 miles SW of Maoka, Sakhalin, in position 46.57N - 141.42E | |
On a voyage from Rumoi to Maoka |
Above photo as KOMATA is copyright of the State Library of Victoria
Above photo as KOMATA is copyright of J Dickie
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 14/02/1907