The motor vessel (MV) Gyokuei Maru, a whale oil carrier, being assisted in a harbour by tug ...

Accession Number HOBJ0191
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Japan
Date made c November 1949
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The motor vessel (MV) Gyokuei Maru, a whale oil carrier, being assisted in a harbour by tug boats. The Gyokuei Maru had been sunk during the war and then repaired and refitted by the Harima Shipbuilding Works.