Canberra Maru
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Name | Canberra Maru |
Owner | Osaka Shosen Kaisha |
Builder | Mitsubishi Zosen Kaisha, Nagasaki, Japan |
Laid down | 1935 |
Launched | 1936 |
Completed | 30 May 1936 |
Maiden voyage | 5 June 1936 |
Fate | Sunk by air attack, 14 November 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 6,477 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 135.9 m (446 ft) |
Propulsion | Diesel engine |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
The MV Canberra Maru was an 6,477-gross register ton (GRT) freighter built by Mitsubishi Zosen Kaisha, Nagasaki, Japan, in 1936 for Osaka Shosen Kaisha. The ship was one of the targets of the British attacks during the Battle off Endau in January 1942. She was sunk by American aircraft near Guadalcanal, 14 November 1942.
References
- Cannon, Peter (2014). "Night Action, Malaya 1942". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2015. London: Conway. pp. 62–80. ISBN 978-1-84486-276-4.
- Hackett, Bob (2013). "Canberra Maru: Tabular Record of Movement". RIKUGUN YUSOSEN. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1942
- 2 Nov: Empire Antelope, Empire Leopard, Gifu Maru
- 3 Nov: East Indian Ro-65
- 4 Nov: Hobbema, U-132
- 5 Nov: U-408
- 6 Nov: Chulmleigh, City of Cairo, Dekabrist
- 7 Nov: Donbass, Eveleen, Ha-11, USS Majaba
- 8 Nov: Actéon, Albatros, Amphitrite, Argonaute, Brestois, Boulonnais, Fougueux, Frondeur, HMS Hartland, La Psyché, La Surprise, Milan, Oréade, Primauguet, Tornade, Tramontane, HMS Walney, West Humhaw
- 9 Nov: Ariane, HMS Cromer, Danaé, Diane, USS Leedstown, Typhon
- 10 Nov: HMS Broke, I-15, HMS Ibis, Jean Bart, HMS Martin, Méduse
- 11 Nov: Hōkoku Maru, USS Joseph Hewes, Sidi Ferruch, HMS Unbeaten, Viceroy of India
- 12 Nov: USS Edward Rutledge, USS Erie, Hokkai Maru, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660
- 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton, USS Cushing, Isaac Sweers, USS Juneau, Kinugasa, USS Laffey, Le Conquérant, USS Monssen, U-411, Yūdachi
- 14 Nov: Hiei, Scillin, Narkunda, U-595, U-605
- 15 Nov: HMS Algerine, HMS Avenger, Ayanami, USS Benham, Kirishima, Le Tonnant, USS Preston, U-98, U-259, USS Walke
- 16 Nov: Irish Pine, U-173
- 17 Nov: U-331
- 18 Nov: Krasnoye Znamya, Tower Grange
- 19 Nov: USS YP-26
- 20 Nov: Prins Harald, Pierce Butler
- 21 Nov: U-517
- 22 Nov: Sokrushitelny
- 23 Nov: Benlomond
- 24 Nov: Hayashio
- 25 Nov: HMS Utmost
- 27 Nov: Achéron, Aigle, Algérie, Aurore, Bordelais, Caïman, Casque, Cassard, Colbert, Commandant Teste, Diamant, D'Iberville, Dunkerque, Dupleix, Eurydice, Foch, Foudroyant, Fresnel, Galatée, Gerfaut, Guépard, Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador, Naïade, Panthère, Pascal, Provence, Sirène, Siroco, Strasbourg, Tartu, Thétis, Tigre, Trombe, Valmy, Vauban, Vauquelin, Vautour, Vengeur, Vénus, Verdun
- 28 Nov: Empire Cromwell, HMS Ithuriel, Nova Scotia, Thomas T. Tucker
- 29 Nov: Dunedin Star
- 30 Nov: USS Northampton, HMCS Quinte, Takanami, Thor, Uckermark
- Unknown date: Sibylle, Saint Edmond, U-184
incidents
- 7 Nov: USS Thomas Stone
- 8 Nov: HMS Broke, USS Gunnel, USS Leedstown
- 9 Nov: Wandle
- 11 Nov: Giacinto Carini
- 14 Nov: USS Electra
- 15 Nov: HMCS Saguenay
- 16 Nov: USS Electra
- 17 Nov: Piemonte
- 20 Nov: HMS Bramham, I-175
- 26 Nov: USS Swordfish
- 27 Nov: Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon
- 28 Nov: USS Alchiba
- 29 Nov: Akka, USS Tunny
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