Information AboutToya Maru |
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| merchant ships of japan | |
| shipwrecks in the pacific ocean | |
| maritime incidents in japan | |
| maritime incidents in 1954 | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
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The Toya Maru (洞爺丸) is a Japanese Freightliner which sank during a Typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait between the Japanese islands of Hokkaido and Honshu in 1954 with the loss of 1,155 lives. Typhoon No.15, which came ashore at the southern end of , 1954, proceeded, after that, NE through the Sea Of Japan and reached the southern extremity of Hokkaido at Midnight on the same day. The Steamship "Toya Maru," a 4,337 Gross Tonnage rail Ferry plying between Aomori and Hakodate , under the ownership of the Japanese National Railways , encountered the typhoon and Capsize d off the coast of Hakodate with 1,314 persons (including passengers and crew members) on board. Of those, 159 persons were rescued, but the remaining 1,155 persons consisting of 1,041 passengers, 73 crew members and 41 other persons, died, an unprecedented marine casualty in the history of marine accidents off the coasts of Japan. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK Additional information on the Toya Maru, including pictures (Japanese) |