It was replaced with a new, larger Toko Maru, capable of supporting Japanese fishing at greater distances and rougher seas in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

In 2009, she was sold to Bill Schlagel of California who intended to convert her into a luxury motor yacht, and renamed her Titanic.

[7] On 31 March 2010,[3] Titanic developed a leak while on a voyage from Grenada to Puerto Rico where she was to undergo a refit.

Evans then went to the local RNLI lifeboat station and telephoned the Coastguard at Milford Haven and asked to be put through to the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) at Falmouth from where the rescue was co-ordinated at a distance of over 4,000 miles (6,400 km).

[3] The MRCC contacted the United States Coast Guard at Portsmouth, Virginia who relayed a message to colleagues at San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[3] A United States Coast Guard helicopter was despatched from CGAS Borinquem, Puerto Rico.