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SS Hitachi Maru (1898)

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44: 358:, NYK Lines announced an ambitious expansion plan for shipping routes to Europe, which would require up to twelve new vessels. Up until this time, all such vessels had been purchased from overseas sources; however, with the promulgation of the Japanese Shipbuilding Assistance Law in 1896, Mitsubishi was able to secure a contract from NYK for two of these vessels. Previously, the largest vessel constructed by Mitsubishi had been the 1081: 1076: 366:, so the construction of such a large steel vessel entirely in Japan was unprecedented. Although the company enlisted the support of foreign advisors and used foreign blueprints as a guide, the work took longer than expected, and Mitsubishi eventually was forced to pay compensation to NYK for the cancellation of one of the vessels, and for the delay in delivery of the vessel later named 23: 161: 168: 175: 154: 376:
was placed into service with NYK on its European routes for almost six years. In February, 1904, she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Army to transport men and war materials from Japan to ports in
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There were only 152 survivors, meaning 1,086 people lost their lives.
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was a 6,172 gross ton combined passenger-cargo ship built by
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Japan
NYK
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Official Number
Call sign




GRT
NRT
Nhp
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.
triple expansion
knots
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding in Nagasaki
NYK Lines
Imperial Japanese Army
Russo-Japanese War
First Sino-Japanese War
OSK Lines
Korea
Manchuria
Russo-Japanese War
Imperial Guard of Japan
IJA 10th Division
howitzers

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