SS Komagata Maru
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For the 1914 incident in Vancouver involving the ship, see Komagata Maru incident.
Komagata Maru (Japanese: 駒形丸, Hepburn: Komagata Maru) was a cargo steamship that was built in Scotland in 1890, was in German ownership until 1913, and then had a succession of Japanese owners until she was wrecked in 1926. She was launched as Stubbenhuk, renamed Sicilia in 1894, Komagata Maru in 1913 and Heian Maru in 1924.
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Komagata Maru in 1914 | |
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Route | 1890: Hamburg – North America |
Builder | Charles Connell & Co, Scotstoun |
Yard number | 168 |
Launched | 13 August 1890 |
Completed | September 1890 |
Maiden voyage | 19 October 1890 |
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Fate | wrecked in 1926 |
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Type | cargo ship |
Tonnage | 2,943 GRT, 1,921 NRT |
Length | 329 ft (100 m) |
Beam | 41.5 ft (12.6 m) |
Depth | 25.8 ft (7.9 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 288 NHP |
Propulsion | triple-expansion engine |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Notes | sister ship: Grimm |
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In 1914 Komagata Maru was chartered to take 376 Sikh and other migrants from the Far East to Canada, where they wished to settle. This resulted in the Komagata Maru incident, in which Canadian immigration authorities in Vancouver, British Columbia refused to let most of them disembark.