Catamaran-hulled ro/ro passenger/vehicle ferry “Rokko Maru” in Japan's Inland Sea, June 1979
Owner: Kansai Kisen K.K. (Kansai Line), Osaka
Port of registry: Osaka
Builder: Nippon Kokan K.K., Shimizu
Gross tons: 2,697
Deadweight: 842
Length overall: 83.0 m
Max. draft: 4.67 m
Engines: 4 x 8-cylinder diesels geared to 2 shafts, total 6,400 b.h.p., by Daihatsu Kogyo, Osaka
Service speed: 19 knots
Completed October 1969
Sold 1990 to Songserm Co., Bangkok, renamed “King Cruiser”
On 4th May 1997 ran hard onto the Anemone Reef in the Andaman Sea (between Phuket and the mainland), tore a hole in her hull & sank.
Now a popular recreational dive site (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_King_Cruiser)