Moyori Maru
Name | Moyori Maru |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,746 tons |
Country | Japanese |
Built | 1902
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Builder | Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton
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Operator | Teikoku Kisen K.K., Kobe
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History | Built as Harbarton for Harland & Bartlett SS. Co., Ltd. (Harland & Bartlett), London. Taken as a prize during the Russo-Japanese war and went through several Japanese owners before being sunk.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Moyori Maru
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 20 Oct 1917 | U 151 (Waldemar Kophamel) | Sunk | off the W coast of Spanish Morocco about 30 miles W of Cape Barbas
| 22° 17'N, 17° 14'W
| Japan - Dakar
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| Position given as 22°41'N, 16°53'W per KTB.
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Position of attack on Moyori Maru
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