Name Canberra Maru Laid down 1935 Maiden voyage 5 June 1936 Launched 1936 | Owner Osaka Shosen Kaisha Completed 30 May 1936 Construction started 1935 Length 136 m | |
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Fate Sunk by air attack, 14 December 1942 Builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | ||
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 December 1942.
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