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Completed 1914 as "POSEIDON" for N.I.T. 3-6-1942 scuttled Tjilatjap. 1943 raised and reused by Japanese and renamed Hosei Maru. 10-4-1945 torpedoed and sunk Sunda Straits under Japanese flag.

Also known as	Hosei Maru
IMO number	5603798
Call sign	TFKW / PKNR / T
Construction number	574
Tonnage	3.783 ton
Beam	9m
Length overall	59m
Year of construction	1914
Year of renaming/broken up	1945
Service for Shell	1914 to 1942
Cargo	Oil
Class	General Cargo (cased oil carriers)
Flag state	Dutch Indies
Home port	Batavia
Manager	Nederlands Indische Tank Stoomboot Maatschappij / N.I.T.
Shipyard	Smiths Dock & Co Middlesbrough UK
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. / N.I.T.

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