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Japanese Cargo Ship Tenryo Maru (1938)
''Tenryo Maru'' (''Japanese'': 天領丸) was a requisitioned Imperial Japanese Army cargo/transport ship during World War II. History In September 1936, the Soviet Union ordered three ice-resistant freighters as payment for the purchase of the Southern Manchuria Railway. She was laid down on 31 October 1936 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Kawanami Kōgyō K.K. (jp: 川南工業). She was launched on 10 August 1937 as the ''Bolshevik'' (Большевики) and completed on 15 April 1938. Due to a deterioration in the relations with the Soviet Union, the ship was never delivered and was renamed ''Tenryo Maru''. She was one of three ships in her class which included ''Minryo Maru'' (民領丸) (ex-''Komsomolets'') and Sōya (icebreaker), ''Chiryo Maru'' (地領丸) (ex-''Volochaevets''). On 18 April 1939, she was sold to Tatsunan Merchant Ship Co., Ltd. of Osaka. On 1 February 1944, ownership was transferred to Tatsuma Kisen Co., Ltd. of Nishinomiya which had merged with her prior own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent formation of modern Japan. It encompassed the Japanese archipelago and several colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories. Under the slogans of and following the Boshin War and restoration of power to the Emperor from the Shogun, Japan underwent a period of industrialization and militarization, the Meiji Restoration, which is often regarded as the fastest modernisation of any country to date. All of these aspects contributed to Japan's emergence as a great power and the establishment of a colonial empire following the First Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War, and World War I. Economic and political turmoil in the 1920s, including the Great Depression, led to the rise of militarism, nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
