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Black and white image of "S.S. Suwa Maru", on a colour postcard showing a cartoon Samurai (Bushi) Warrior. Sent to Miss C.A. Valdivia Jones of New Quay. Postmarked 15 November 1915.

Suwa Maru was a passenger / cargo ship owned by Japanese company Nippon Yusen Kaisha. She was built in 1914 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki. In 1940s the ship was used for Military service. She was struck by a torpedo in 1943 and beached on Wake Island.