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Name: CHUSAN
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/10/1851
Completed: 02/04/1852
Builder: Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 700grt 529nrt, 190.0 x 29.5 x 16.1ft
Engines: 80nhp
Engines by: Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld, Blackwall
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 30713
History:
02/04/1852 Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co
1861 Davis Sassoon & Sond, Shanghai
1867 Matsuyama-han, renamed KOFUYO
1868 Chosen-han, renamed KAYO
1872 Hulked
Comments: A barque rigged steam vessel
Armed with 1 x 32pdr, 1 x 18pdr, 4 x 12pdr to combat Chinese pirates.
1872: Hulked at Shanghai


Newcastle Courant, Friday, October 31, 1851