The Melbourne Argus on the 17th of March, 1933, had a very small article at the bottom of its seventh page: “Fears are growing that the Japanese cargo steamer Kinsen Maru has sunk with all hands. Nine ships unsuccessfully searched for lifeboats and wreckage yesterday. The Kinsen Maru, which was commanded by Captain M. Yerabu, had a crew of 33. She was carrying a cargo of 3,000 tons of zinc concentrates from Port Pirie and 3500 tons of meat from Melbourne.”

Ship Name: Kinsen Maru 

Year Built: 1905

Nationality: Japanese 

Tonnage: 4,717

Ship Type: Screw Steel Steamship

Year Wrecked: 1933

Location Wrecked: 400 Miles East of Bowen, North Queensland Coast

Reason for Wreck: Flooded and Sank Due to a Storm 

Lives Lost: 25

Sources: 

https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/T-Ships/tiberius1905.html

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lloyd_Register_of_Shipping_1933_Steamers/HXCAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kinsen+maru+1933+lloyds&pg=RA1-PR120&printsec=frontcover

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223849420?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193026562?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193026167?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223852322?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160950527?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170283180?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237073022?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4724256?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/113446912?searchTerm=kinsen%20maru

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22137266/1693178

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4723954

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61379583