SS Cap Finisterre
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The steam ship Cap Finisterre was a German transatlantic ocean liner of the early 20th century, which was transferred to Japan in 1920 as German war reparations, and renamed Taiyō Maru (大洋丸) on trans-Pacific routes. She was sunk on army service by an American submarine in 1942, during World War II, with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
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German Empire | |
Name | Cap Finisterre |
Operator | Hamburg-South America Line |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Germany) |
Yard number | 208 |
Laid down | 1910 |
Launched | 8 August 1911 |
Completed | 18 November 1911 |
Out of service | August 1914 |
Identification | Call sign SHVK |
Fate | Seized by Allies on 4 April 1919 |
United States | |
Name | USS Cap Finisterre |
Acquired | 11 April 1919 |
Out of service | 25 November 1919 |
Identification | Call sign GJBR |
Fate | transferred to UK then to Japan |
Empire of Japan | |
Name | Taiyō Maru |
Operator | Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
Acquired | 1920 |
Identification |
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Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Grenadier, 8 May 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 14,458 GRT |
Length | 180 m (590 ft 7 in) pp |
Beam | 19.788 m (64 ft 11.1 in) |
Draught | 10.57 m (34 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion | 2 quadruple reciprocating steam engines, 10,711 hp (7,987 kW) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Capacity | 855 (184 first class, 221 second class, 450 third class) |
Notes | Steel construction |
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