SS Cap Finisterre
| History | |
|---|---|
| German Empire | |
| Name | Cap Finisterre |
| Operator | Hamburg-South America Line |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Germany) |
| Yard number | 208 |
| Laid down | 1910 |
| Launched | 8 August 1911 |
| Completed | 18 November 1911 |
| Out of service | August 1914 |
| Identification | Call sign SHVK |
| Fate | Seized by Allies on 4 April 1919 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Cap Finisterre |
| Acquired | 11 April 1919 |
| Out of service | 25 November 1919 |
| Identification | Call sign GJBR |
| Fate | transferred to UK then to Japan |
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Taiyō Maru |
| Operator | Nippon Yusen (NYK) |
| Acquired | 1920 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Grenadier, 8 May 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 14,458 GRT |
| Length | 180 m (590 ft 7 in) pp |
| Beam | 19.788 m (64 ft 11.1 in) |
| Draught | 10.57 m (34 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 quadruple reciprocating steam engines, 10,711 hp (7,987 kW) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Capacity | 855 (184 first class, 221 second class, 450 third class) |
| Notes | Steel construction |
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The steam ship Cap Finisterre was a German transatlantic ocean liner of the early 20th century, which was transferred to Japan in 1920 as German war reparations, and renamed Taiyō Maru (大洋丸) on trans-Pacific routes. She was sunk on army service by an American submarine in 1942, during World War II, with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.