SS Ryūsei Maru
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SS Ryūsei Maru
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Ryusei Maru was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1911 and sunk off the coast of Bali in 1944. She was launched as Bra-Kar for Fred. Olsen & Co. of Norway. In 1916 she changed owners and was renamed Havø. In 1935 she changed owners again and was renamed Mabuhay II. In 1938 Japanese owners acquired the ship and renamed her Ryūsei Maru. In 1944 she was serving as a hell ship when a United States Navy submarine torpedoed her, sinking her with the loss of between 3,000 and 5,000 lives.
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Japanese-owned cargo steamship that was sunk in WW2
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ry%C5%ABsei_Maru
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date modified:
2024-01-04T08:13:08Z
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