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Name: FOKELIN also seen as FO KE LIN & FOKE-LIN
Type: Yacht & tug
Launched:
Completed: 10/1863
Builder: Marshall Brothers
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 74grt, 41nrt, 69.5 x 16.6 x 8.7ft
Engines: 40nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 48512
History:
28/09/1863 Unknown owner; registered at London
by 1865 Hy Jonathan Dring, Glasgow; registered at Hong Kong
by 1870 JW Morice, Shanghai
by 1875 George Murray, Shanghai
1883 John Morris, Shanghai; registered at Shanghai
1887 The Shanghai Tug Boat Co Ltd, Shanghai
by 1904 The Shanghai Tug & Lighter Co Ltd, Shanghai
No later history known
Comments: FOKE-LIN means Fire Dragon
Engines probably by the shipbuilder
1935: British register closed