Miyazaki Maru

The Miyazaki Maru (宮崎丸) was a 8,520 ton Japanese ocean liner built in 1909 by Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd. in Kobe. It was sunk 150 miles (240 km) to the west of the Isles of Scilly during World War I, on 31 May 1917, during a voyage from Yokohama to London, by the German submarine U-88, with the loss of eight lives.[1]

The Miyazaki Maru has been cited as a possible source of the gutta-percha blocks inscribed with the name "Tjipetir" washing up on the coasts of Western Europe since around 2013.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "MIYAZAKI MARU OCEAN LINER 1909-1917". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Mario Cacciottolo (1 December 2014). "Tjipetir mystery: Why are rubber-like blocks washing up on European beaches?". BBC News. Retrieved 3 December 2014.