IJN Hoki Maru - ほ
き まる
|
|||||||||||||||
|
The
Hauraki was laid down by William Denny & Brothers Ltd
in Scotland in 1920, and was launched in November 1921. In
1922 she entered service for the company Union Steamship
Corporation of New Zealand. After the outbreak of World
War Two, she was requisitioned by the Royal Admiralty as a
transport ship. En route to Colombo she was captured by
the two Japanese merchant cruisers IJN Hokaku Maru and IJN
Aikoku Maru outside Ceylon 12.July 1942. She was
renamed to Hoki Maru and put in service in the Imperial
Japanese navy as a transport ship. Loaded with coal,
ammunition, machinery parts and vehicles, she sunk after
being heavily damaged by American planes from Task Force
58 in Truk lagoon 17.February 1944. The war torn wreck
rest today on her keel as a classic Donald Duck wreck,on a
depth of 22 to 56 meter, with her bow and forward section
flattened out all the way to aft no#5.
|
|||||||||||||||
| N7° 21' 13.5" E151° 54' 48.3" ( WGS 84 ) ( Source: Michael McFadyen )  Picture: Hauraki, unknown date Courtesy of Bob Scott & NZ Liners  Last updated: August 2018 |
|||||||||||||||