MV Neptuna

Neptuna on her side in Darwin Harbour
History
Germany
Name	MV Rio Panuco[1]
Namesake	Pánuco River, Mexico
Operator	Flensburger Dampfer Co.[1]
Port of registry	Flensburg[1]
Builder	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel[1]
Yard number	459
Laid down	18 June 1924
Launched	2 October 1924
Identification	Code Letters LNSQ [1]
Fate	Sold 1931
Germany
Name	MV Neptun[1]
Operator	Norddeutscher Lloyd Linie[1]
Port of registry	Bremen[1]
Route	New Guinea – Hong Kong
Acquired	1931
Identification	Code Letters DNMI [1]
Fate	Sold 1935
Hong Kong
Name	MV Neptuna[1]
Operator	Burns, Philp & Co[1]
Port of registry	Hong Kong[1]
Acquired	1935
Identification	Code Letters VPGV [1] United Kingdom Official Number 159410[1]
Fate	Sunk 1942, broken up partially 1960
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	5,952 gross register tonnage[1]
Displacement	1,410 long tons (1,433 t)
Length	119.8 m (393 ft)[1]
Beam	15.84 m (52.0 ft)[1]
Draught	7.7 m (25 ft)[1]
Installed power	760 NHP[1]
Propulsion	12 cylinder Krupp diesel engine, screw[1]
Complement	124

MV Neptuna was a 5,952 ton cargo motor vessel. She was launched as MV Rio Panuco in 1924, renamed MV Neptun in 1931 and finally became MV Neptuna in 1935. She was sunk during the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942, during World War II.