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NICHIRIN MARU - Class Auxiliary Transport


(MATA HARI later NICHIRIN MARU, as seen in 1915)

NICHIRIN MARU was completed as MATA HARI in 1915 for British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., South Shields. Sold to Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, in Aug ’24. Requisitioned in Sep ’39 by the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel in the Malayan Auxiliary Fleet. Captured in Feb ‘42 by the Japanese and renamed NICHIRIN MARU in Oct ‘42. Registered in the IJN in Nov ’42 as an auxiliary transport. Bombed and sunk by USN aircraft in Mar ’45.

Builder and Year Completed: South Shields, U.K. Charles Rennoldson & Co. Ltd.
1915
Gross tonnage: 1,020-tons.
Dimensions: 220.0' (Lpp) x 35.2' x 13.0'
Propulsion: One Triple-expansion steam engine, one shaft, 850 ihp
Speed: Cruising: 9 knots – Max: unknown.
Armament: One 8cm deck gun, one 7.7mm MG, four DCs.