Ro/ro passenger & vehicle ferry RITSURIN II arriving at Sakate Port, Shodo Shima, 22nd April 2018
Owner: Kato Kaiun, Kobe (not Kato Kisen, Osaka, as some sources give)
Port of registry: Kobe, Japan
Builder: Hayashikane Shipbuilding Co.
Gross tons: 3,664
Deadweight: 850
Length overall: 115.90 m
Engines: 2 x diesels, total 12,000 b.h.p.
Service speed: 18.5 knots
vehicle capacity: 61 x 8-ton trucks
Passenger capacity: 475
Present service: Kobe-Sakate-Takamatsu (Jumbo Ferry service)
Completed July 1990
Several sources give her name in Roman lettering as “Ritsurin No.2” but “Ritsurin II” is clearly shown on this & other photos