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Name: HELIOS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/11/1905
Completed: 01/1906
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 130
Dimensions: 1656grt, 1044nrt, 260.0 x 38.0 x 15.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp
Engines by: George Clark Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1906 D/S Helios (Bruusgaard, Kiosterud), Drammen
1910 Bruusgaard, Kiosteruds D/S A/S, Drammen
1923 Kung Chung Steamship Co Ltd, Canton, China; renamed WONG SHEK KUNG
1933 Hing Lee Steamship Co Ltd (Kwong Hang Hing, manager), Canton, China
12/05/1938 Sank
Comments: 12/05/1938: Scuttled by Chinese authorities at Boca Tigris as a blockship
in the mouth of the Pearl River


Above photo as HELIOS is courtesy of George Robinson