The Archive · 1939

Gaimusho Protest Impending

(Continued from page 7) announced that ¥.5,083,600" will be paid the owners of the vessel. Of this amount, Y.3,283,600 will be for the loss pf the vessel and Y.],800,000 for the loss of cargo. The ship carried about 3,500 tons of cargo. Of ud this, 2,100 tons were destined for London, 300 tons for Antwerp, and 1,000 tons for Rotterdam. Goods cap-tied included about 800 tons of raw silk, fabrics, canned provisions and veneer. The entire cargo sank with the ship The "terukuni was completed in May, 1929 at a cost of Y.7,000,000 and the vessel was first insured for ¥.6,500,000, but later for about half that amount because the value of the ship had decreased. When she left Japan on September 24 she carried cargo valued at about ¥.4,000,000. More than half was unloaded at Italian and French ports before the ship started for London where she was to pick up Japanese refugees and return them fo Japan. Neither the cargo nor the ship was insured by foreign insurance concerns and the loss will be covered by Japanese marine insurance companies, The Terukuni Maru was 1547 metres long and 19.5 metres wide and had a displacement of 11,930 tons. Her maximum speed was 17 knots, She was a sister ship of the Yasukuni

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