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SS Shinyō Maru
Shin'yō Maru was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894, had a fifty-year career under successive British, Australian, Chinese and Greek owners, was captured by Japan in the Second World War, and sunk by a United States Navy submarine in 1944.
She was built in England for Clan Line as Clan Mackay. She was the second of five Clan Line ships to be named after that clan. In 1913 the Adelaide Steamship Company bought her and renamed her Ceduna. In 1924 Tung Tuck & Co acquired her and renamed her Tung-Tuck. In 1937 Lee Yuen Steamship Co acquired her and renamed her Chang Teh, then passed her on to China Hellenic Lines who renamed her Pananis.
Japanese forces captured Pananis in 1941, and renamed her Shin'yō Maru in 1943. In 1944 she was being used as a Hell ship when the submarine USS Paddle torpedoed her. 668 American and Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) were killed either by the torpedo explosions, or by Japanese guards who machine-gunned the PoWs.
In the 1892 UK general election Charles Cayzer, the senior partner in the Cayzer, Irvine & Co "Clan Line" shipping company, was the Conservative Party candidate for Barrow and Furness. He promised that if he were elected, he would bring work to the Naval Construction & Armament Co shipyard in the town. He was elected, and thereafter ordered a set of three cargo ships from the shipyard for £28,500 each.
The three sister ships were built as yard numbers 227, 228 and 229 and launched in 1894 as Clan Ross, Clan Campbell and Clan Mackay. Clan Mackay was the last of the three, being launched on 31 October 1894 and completed that December. They were the first Clan Line ships to be built with a straight stem instead of a clipper bow.
Clan Mackay's registered length was 312.0 ft (95.1 m), her beam was 40.2 ft (12.3 m) and her depth was 24.7 ft (7.5 m). Her tonnages were 2,600 GRT and 1,665 NRT. She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 317 NHP.
Cayzer, Irvine registered Clan Mackay at Glasgow. Her official number was 104593 and her code letters were NPRV.
In September 1899 Clan Mackay was involved in a collision, as a consequence of which she was beached. She was repaired and returned to service.
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Shin'yō Maru was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894, had a fifty-year career under successive British, Australian, Chinese and Greek owners, was captured by Japan in the Second World War, and sunk by a United States Navy submarine in 1944.
She was built in England for Clan Line as Clan Mackay. She was the second of five Clan Line ships to be named after that clan. In 1913 the Adelaide Steamship Company bought her and renamed her Ceduna. In 1924 Tung Tuck & Co acquired her and renamed her Tung-Tuck. In 1937 Lee Yuen Steamship Co acquired her and renamed her Chang Teh, then passed her on to China Hellenic Lines who renamed her Pananis.
Japanese forces captured Pananis in 1941, and renamed her Shin'yō Maru in 1943. In 1944 she was being used as a Hell ship when the submarine USS Paddle torpedoed her. 668 American and Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) were killed either by the torpedo explosions, or by Japanese guards who machine-gunned the PoWs.
In the 1892 UK general election Charles Cayzer, the senior partner in the Cayzer, Irvine & Co "Clan Line" shipping company, was the Conservative Party candidate for Barrow and Furness. He promised that if he were elected, he would bring work to the Naval Construction & Armament Co shipyard in the town. He was elected, and thereafter ordered a set of three cargo ships from the shipyard for £28,500 each.
The three sister ships were built as yard numbers 227, 228 and 229 and launched in 1894 as Clan Ross, Clan Campbell and Clan Mackay. Clan Mackay was the last of the three, being launched on 31 October 1894 and completed that December. They were the first Clan Line ships to be built with a straight stem instead of a clipper bow.
Clan Mackay's registered length was 312.0 ft (95.1 m), her beam was 40.2 ft (12.3 m) and her depth was 24.7 ft (7.5 m). Her tonnages were 2,600 GRT and 1,665 NRT. She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 317 NHP.
Cayzer, Irvine registered Clan Mackay at Glasgow. Her official number was 104593 and her code letters were NPRV.
In September 1899 Clan Mackay was involved in a collision, as a consequence of which she was beached. She was repaired and returned to service.
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