SS Tokomaru
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Swan Hunter, Wallsend |
| Yard number | 182 |
| Launched | 15 May 1893 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Freda Hudson |
| Completed | July 1893 |
| Out of service | 30 January 1915 |
| Homeport |
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| Identification |
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| Fate | Torpedoed, 30 January 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 425.0 ft (129.5 m) |
| Beam | 53.2 ft (16.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 31.1 ft (9.5 m) |
| Installed power | 521 Nhp |
| Propulsion | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company 3-cylinder triple expansion |
| Speed | 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
SS Tokomaru was a British steam cargo ship built in 1893 as Westmeath by Swan Hunter of Wallsend for a Sunderland shipowner. The steamer was sold the following year to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line, renamed Tokomaru, and converted to a refrigerated ship for their New Zealand and Australian routes. In January 1915 the ship was torpedoed and sank off Le Havre, France.