Harbour cruise/restaurant boat “Gozabune Atake Maru” (御座船 安宅丸) at Kobe on 21st July 2021
Operator: Kobe Bay Cruise Co.. (a part of Ryobi Holdings, Okayama)
Builder: Kanda Zosen, Kawajiri, Hiroshima Prefecture (Hull-295)
Gross Tonnage: 486
Deadweight: 80
Length overall: 49.7 m
Engine: diesel, 850 s.h.p.
Max. speed: 23 knots
Completed 1986 as “Gozabune Bishu” (御座船備州) for Ryobi Kaiun, operated by Ryobi Unyo, Okayama; originally 377 passengers & registered at Okayama
Renovated & remodeled 2011, renamed “Gozabune Atake Maru” & put into operation in the Tokyo Bay area for Tokyo Cruise Ship Co. (also a part of Ryobi Holdings) & re-registered at Tokyo; now 500 passengers. New design based on the warship “Atake Maru” built for Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1632.
The boat ceased operations in Tokyo in May 2021 & arrived at Kobe in June where it will be operated by Ryobi's subsidiary Kobe Bay Cruise Co.