| History | |
|---|---|
![Civil naval ensign ([Hinmaru])](view_image.php?q=Awa_Maru_(1899)&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Japan.svg){kind=small} Japan | |
| Name | Awa Maru |
| Operator | &sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:NYK_Line_house_flag.svg){kind=small} Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Nagasaki, Japan |
| Yard number | 102 |
| Laid down | 20 June 1898 |
| Launched | 27 July 1899 |
| Completed | 14 November 1899 |
| Out of service | 1930 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,309 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 135.6 m (445 ft) |
| Beam | 15.1 m (50 ft) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
The Awa Maru (阿波丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1899 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan.
The ship's name comes in part from the ancient province of Awa.[1] This turn-of-the-20th-century Awa Maru was the first NYK vessel to bear this name.[2] A second mid-century, 11,249 ton Awa Maru was completed in 1943.[3]
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1935). The Nomenclature of the N.Y.K. Fleet, pp. 8, 80.
- ^ Harris, Charles B. (1905). "Shipbuilding at Nagasaki" (December 13, 1899), Monthly consular and trade reports, p. 314.
- ^ Haworth, R.B. Miramar Ship Index: ID #4049894