Canberra Maru

History

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.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1942

Shipwrecks

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