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Tsunami: Kyotoku Maru No. 81

Tsunami: Kyotoku Maru No. 81

Kyotoku Maru No. 81

The fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 81 (foreground on the left)  shown being pushed ashore by the tsunami at Onahama, Iwaki, Japan.

 

Information on the Kyotoku Maru No. 81:

Callsign: FS2-2081

Length: 29.39 meters

Gross Tons: 80

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Missing Fishing Vessel El Cholo

Missing Fishing Vessel El Cholo

The fishing vessel El Cholo is reported missing after setting sail from Puerto Rico de Bayóvar, Peru.  The fishing vessel with 10 men may have not known of the tsunami warning.   No reports of a distress signal sent or any wreckage found.

As of March 22, 2011, no sign of the vessel has been found.

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Tsunami: Kyotoku Maru No. 18

Tsunami: Kyotoku Maru No. 18

 Kyotoku Maru No. 18

Kyotoku Maru No. 18 

The 330 ton fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 was in Kesennuma harbour when the tsunami struck.   The vessel now rests on a major road in the center of Kesennuma, Japan.

Vessel information:

Built: 1991

IMO #: 9032367

Call Sign: JE3059

Tonnage: 330


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