Passenger/cargo ferry “Nihon Maru” (にほん丸) at Kobe, early December 1972
Owner: Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha
Operator: Oshima Unyu
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki
Gross tons: 2,998
Length overall: 106.3 m
Engines: 2 x Mitsubishi UE turbines, total 17,600 s.h.p.
Speed: 18.9 knots
Completed March 1970
Sold 1976 to William Lines Inc., Philippines, renamed “Manila City” (gross tons now 2,961, passenger capacity 1,388)
While at the docking quay of Cebu Shipyard & Engine Workd, Lapulapu City, she caught fire on 16th February 1991 & sank the following day; subsequently declared a constructive total loss & breaking up began in January 1992.