Japan & Pembrokeshire – the HIRANO MARU
HIRANO MARU – Source: David James, West Wales Maritime Heritage Society. On 4 October 1918, the HIRANO MARU, a merchant ship owned by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line, was sailing from Liverpool to Yokohama via South Africa with 320 crew and passengers and a Scottish Captain, Hector Fraser. She was in a convo...