Hi there! I hope someone from the team will read this - there's a small mistake in the notes for this chapter. The ferry in this chapter is early Ikimaru 壱岐丸(初代), which is not an early version of Shouhoumaru, but rather the first ferry to operate on Seikan ferry line.
You can find the photo that was probably referenced by Noda here - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/SS_IKI_MARU_1_JGR_Kanpu_Ferry.jpg
Anyway, Ikimaru had the maximum speed of 15 knots and Ikazuchi-class destroyers were 30 knots... so it will be interesting to see how our new team manages to escape.