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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

auxiliary minelayers of Russian-Japanese war

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT

Dimensions, m

(length pp)

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

臺北丸 [Taihoku Maru] (ex-London City, ex-Guinee, ex-Priok) 24.12.1890 // 1904 Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK 2487 91.6x12.5 10 1VTE   sold 1905

100 - 1000 BRT

Koryo Maru (1903, 745, 1904-1905), Uwajima Maru 6-go (1901, 444, 1904-1905)

 

Project history: Commercial vessels, converted to minelayers.

 

Modernizations: None.

 

Fate Notes: No significant events.

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