MV Neptuna
MV Neptuna was a 5,952 ton cargo motor vessel. She was launched as MV Rio Panuco in 1924, renamed MV Neptun in 1931 and finally became MV Neptuna in 1935. She was sunk during the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942, during World War II.
Neptuna on her side in Darwin Harbour | |
| History | |
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| Germany | |
| Name | MV Rio Panuco |
| Namesake | Pánuco River, Mexico |
| Operator | Flensburger Dampfer Co. |
| Port of registry | Flensburg |
| Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number | 459 |
| Laid down | 18 June 1924 |
| Launched | 2 October 1924 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold 1931 |
| Germany | |
| Name | MV Neptun |
| Operator | Norddeutscher Lloyd Linie |
| Port of registry | Bremen |
| Route | New Guinea – Hong Kong |
| Acquired | 1931 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold 1935 |
| Hong Kong | |
| Name | MV Neptuna |
| Operator | Burns, Philp & Co |
| Port of registry | Hong Kong |
| Acquired | 1935 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk 1942, broken up partially 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 5,952 gross register tonnage |
| Displacement | 1,410 long tons (1,433 t) |
| Length | 119.8 m (393 ft) |
| Beam | 15.84 m (52.0 ft) |
| Draught | 7.7 m (25 ft) |
| Installed power | 760 NHP |
| Propulsion | 12 cylinder Krupp diesel engine, screw |
| Complement | 124 |
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