I’ve compiled a list of some of the TBR-related Hellships and who they transported where and when. The first 5 columns came from a Dutch website; the latter 2 are mine.
ship name arr date arr port onboard (deaths) origin> work party
destination
Kyokusei Maru | 5/20/1942 | Victoria Point | 1200 | Sum>Burma | A Force | |
Celebes Maru 1 | 5/24/1942 | Mergui | 1000 | Singa> Burma | A Force | |
England Maru 1 | 5/24/1942 | Mergui | 500 | Sum>Burma | Br Sum Bn | |
Toyohashi Maru | 5/24/1942 | Mergui | 2000 | Singa> Burma | A Force | |
Maru Ni | 6/9/1942 | Singapore | 500 | Java>Singa | 500 Dutch | |
Ume Maru | 7/17/1942 | Sandakan | 1494 | Singa> Burma | B Force | |
Tufuku Maru | 8/11/1942 | Singapore | 500 | 29 | Java>Singa | unk |
Tatu Maru | 8/17/1942 | Tavoy | 300 | within Burma | Br Sum Bn moved | |
NN Maru 1 | 9/18/1942 | Singapore | 725 | Java>Singa | Java 1 Br & AUS | |
NN Maru 2 | 9/26/1942 | Singapore | 1300 | Java>Singa | Java 2 Br | |
Nissyo Maru 1 | 10/8/1942 | Singapore | 1200 | Java>Singa | Glodoc party B -A-D | |
Oyo Maru 1 | 10/8/1942 | Singapore | 400 | Java>Singa | Java 3 Fitz | |
Kenkon Maru | 10/12/1942 | Singapore | 1499 | 1 | Java>Singa | Java 4 AUS |
Dainichi Maru 3 | 10/14/1942 | Singapore | 1000 | Java>Singa | Java 5 | |
Singapore Maru 1 | 10/17/1942 | Singapore | 1500 | Java>Singa | Java 5A Tharp | |
Tofuku Maru 1 | 10/19/1942 | Singapore | 2000 | Java>Singa | Java 5B AUS (Glodoc) | |
Maebashi Maru 1 | 10/22/1942 | Rangoon | 1800 | Singa>Burma | Fitz Party | |
Shinyu Maru | 10/25/1942 | sunk | 500 | 100 | Singa>Burma | AUS -Dutch POWs |
Yoshida Maru | 10/25/1942 | Singapore | 2700 | Java>Singa | Glodoc party B -D-Jv | |
Kunitama Maru 1 | 10/26/1942 | Singapore | 4400 | Java>Singa | Java 5C-F | |
Oyo Maru 2 | 11/1/1942 | Singapore | 1000 | Java>Singa | Zeigler Party | |
Moji Maru 1 | 11/3/1942 | Singapore | 1000 | Java>Singa | unk | |
Tacoma Maru 1 | 11/7/1942 | Rangoon | 1700 | 12 | Java>Singa | 3 Fitz late (Sizemore) |
Dainichi Maru 4 | 11/24/1942 | Moji | 2000 | Singa>Jp | Br & Dutch | |
Singapore Maru 2 | 11/25/1942 | Moji | 1100 | 60 | Singa>Jp | Scott Party |
Kunitama Maru 2 | 11/27/1942 | Moji | Singa>Jp | unk | ||
Tofuku Maru 2 | 11/27/1942 | Moji | 1200 | 27 | Singa>Jp | Zeigler to Jp |
NN Maru 3 | 12/27/1942 | Rangoon | 1000 | Singa> Burma | Java 5B 1000 Dutch | |
Pacific Maru | 12/30/1942 | Singapore | 350 | Java>Singa | Senior Officers | |
NN Maru 18 | 1/3/1943 | Rangoon | 401 | Singa> Burma | Java 5B 400 Dutch | |
Usu Maru | 1/7/1943 | Singapore | 1978 | Java>Singa | Java 6 Dunlop | |
Harugiku Maru 1 | 1/8/1943 | Singapore | 992 | Java>Singa | Java 7 Dutch | |
Nichimei Maru | 1/15/1943 | sunk | 1000 | 32 | Singa> Burma | Dutch/ Japanese |
Moji Maru 2 | 1/17/1943 | Moulmein | 835 | Singa> Burma | Tharp | |
Wien | 1/17/1943 | Singapore | 1699 | Java>Singa | Java 8 Dutch | |
Harugiku Maru 2 | 1/18/1943 | Singapore | 3188 | Java>Singa | Java 9 Dutch | |
Tacoma Maru 2 | 1/28/1943 | Singapore | 2000 | Java>Singa | Java 10 Dutch | |
NN Maru 4 | 2/2/1943 | Singapore | 480 | Java>Singa | Java 11 Dutch | |
Maebashi Maru 2 | 2/9/1943 | Singapore | 1900 | Java>Singa | Java 12 Dutch | |
Roko Maru | 2/12/1943 | Singapore | 1000 | Java>Singa | Java 13 Br & Dutch | |
NN Maru 5 | 2/13/1943 | Padang | 650 | Java>Sumatra | Java 14 Dutch > TBR | |
Kinta Maru 1 | 3/2/1943 | Singapore | 7 | Java>Singa | Java 15 (3 US =Matthews) | |
Kamakura Maru 2 | 3/4/1943 | Moji | 10 | Singa>Jp | E Battery to Japan | |
Hawaii Maru 1 | 4/24/1943 | Moji | 1000 | Singa>Jp | Dutch Jv 12 grp | |
Amagi Maru | 5/5/1943 | Haroekoe | 1030 | Java>Jp | 1000 Br | |
Cho Saki Maru | 5/5/1943 | Haroekoe | 1030 | Java>Jp | 1000 Br = RAF | |
Kyokko Maru | 5/21/1943 | Moji | 1500 | 2 | Singa>Jp | G Force = from Jv 7 |
Wales Maru | 6/7/1943 | Moji | 950 | Singa>Jp | J Force Sawolka to Jp | |
Matsue Maru 1 | 7/5/1943 | Singapore | Java>Singa | 3 US to Jp/Manchuria | ||
Harugiku Maru 3 | 9/14/1943 | Singapore | 519 | Java>Singa | Java 16 Br & Dutch | |
Makassar Maru | 9/30/1943 | Singapore | 2600 | Java>Singa | Java 17 Br & Dutch | |
Seishin Maru | 10/12/1943 | Moji | 1500 | Singa>Jp | from Java 16 | |
Ussuri Maru | 10/12/1943 | Moji | 500 | Singa>Jp | from Java 16 | |
Matsue Maru 2 | 11/15/1943 | Moji | 1155 | Singa>Jp | from Java 17 | |
Hawaii Maru 2 | 12/3/1943 | Moji | 1230 | Singa>Jp | from Java 17 Dutch | |
Maru Shichi | 12/4/1943 | Moji | 500 | Singa>Jp | unk | |
Chuka Maru | 5/17/1944 | Padang | 1925 | Java>Sumatra | Java 21 Dutch & Br | |
NN Maru 17 | 5/22/1944 | Singapore | 800 | Java>Singa | Java 20 42 US | |
Teia Maru 2 | 6/18/1944 | Moji | 1000 | Singa>Jp | TBR >> Jp B-A-D | |
Miyo Maru | 6/19/1944 | Takao | 723 | Singa>Jp | Japan 1 convoy | |
Hiyoki Maru | 6/24/1944 | Nagasaki | 450 | Singa>Jp | Japan 1 convoy | |
Hozan Maru | 6/24/1944 | Nagasaki | 451 | Singa>Jp | Japan 1 convoy | |
Kokusei Maru | 6/24/1944 | Nagasaki | 456 | Singa>Jp | Japan 1 convoy | |
Tamahoko Maru 2 | 6/25/1944 | sunk | 772 | 561 | Java>Jp | US POWs |
Queen Elizabeth 1 | 6/26/1944 | Pakanbaroe | 207 | Singa>Sum | Sumatra Railway | |
NN Maru 6 | 7/1/1944 | Singapore | 1260 | Java>Singa | Java 22 8 US | |
Queen Elisabeth 2 | 7/1/1944 | Pakanbaroe | 1260 | Singa>Sum | Sumatra Railway | |
Queen Elisabeth 3 | 7/27/1944 | Pakanbaroe | 728 | Singa>Sum | Sumatra Railway | |
Hakushika Maru | 8/10/1944 | Moji | 609 | Singa>Jp | TBR >> Jp Br & Dutch | |
Sekiho Maru | 8/13/1944 | Moji | 1024 | 2 | Singa>Jp | Japan 2 TBR>>Jp |
Rakuyo Maru | 9/12/1944 | sunk | 1318 | 1023 | Singa>Jp | TBR/BG Varley >Jp |
Kinta Maru 2 | 9/17/1944 | Singapore | 1080 | Java>Singa | Java 24 3 US | |
Junyo Maru | 9/18/1944 | sunk | 2300 | 1626 | Java>Sum | Java 23 = US POWS |
Hofuku Maru | 9/21/1944 | sunk | 1287 | 997 | Singa>Jp | TBR >> Jp |
Shincho Maru | 9/28/1944 | Moji | 573 | Singa>Jp | Japan 2 TBR>>Jp | |
NN Maru 16 | 1/11/1945 | Singapore | 958 | Java>Singa | Java 25 | |
Awa Maru | 1/13/1945 | Moji | 525 | Singa>Jp | TBR >> Jp 32 US | |
Kinta Maru 3 | 1/18/1945 | Singapore | 639 | Java>Singa | Java 25 B-A-D |
There is a wealth of information about the Hellships on this excellent site. Here is a sample:
https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Hell_Ships/Rakuyo_Maru/
From the Imperial War Museum, London:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east
From the Dutch TRACESofWAR website: [This article was originally published in Dutch on the website Dodenakkers.nl.]
https://www.tracesofwar.com/articles/2872/Sinking-of-the-Junyo-Maru.htm
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/56828/Memorial-Japanese-Sea-Transports.htm