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Name: KAIPING
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/06/1905
Completed: 08/1905
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 745
Dimensions: 2563grt, 1605nrt, 312.0 x 44.3 x 13.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (25.5, 41.5 & 68 x 45ins), 407nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120589
History:
08/1905 Chinese Engineering & Mining Co Ltd, London
1942 Government of Japan; renamed KAIHO MARU
27/04/1945 Sank
Comments: 27/12/1941: Sank during Japanese air strike in Manila Bay
Subsequently raised by Japanese salvors
27/04/1945: Mined & sunk in the Korea Strait, 34.00N - 130.50E