| Name: | CHINA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Keel: | 15/10/1868 |
| Launched | 09/05/1869 |
| Completed: | 13/07/1869 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 58 |
| Dimensions: | 1490grt, 979nrt, 290.0 x 35.2 x 20.9ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (64 & 64 x 36ins), 280nhp; (1877: C2cyl (36 & 61.5 x 36ins), 350hp); |
| (1891: T3cyl (24, 37 & 61 x 36ins), 203nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle; (1877 & 1891: Bailey & Leetham, Hull) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 12.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 60963 |
| History: | |
| 1869 | Apcar & Co, Calcutta |
| 1878 | Walter S Bailey, Hull |
| 1898 | Bailey & Leetham Ltd, Hull |
| 03/01/1901 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Built for the UK to India & China trades |
| Contract £38,000; Profit £3052-6s-7d | |
| At the time of her building she was described as being an “opium clipper steamer” | |
| 1877: Engine compounded by Bailey & Leetham, Hull | |
| 1891: Engine tripled by Bailey & Leetham, Hull | |
| 03/01/1901: Ran ashore near to Uto lighthouse, Finland, on a voyage from Tyne to Revel | |
| 10/01/1901: Fire broke out in the coal cargo & was subsequently extinguished | |
| 24/01/1901: Ship slipped off the rocks and sank |