Name: | CHINA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/10/1877 |
Completed: | 11/1877 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 137 |
Dimensions: | 467grt, 255nrt, 169.6 x 25.7 x 12.2ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (22 & 40 x 27ins), 80nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 67824 |
History: | |
12/11/1877 | John Bennett, Goole |
1890 | Bennett SS Co, Goole |
1899 | Shipping Investments (CH Pile), Goole |
1900 | Angbats A/B Imbs (JA Sjogren), Kalmar |
1903 | PA Ekedahl, Kalmar |
1905 | A Andersson, Kalmar |
1905 | Ragnar Jeansson, Kalmar |
1906 | Angbats A/B China (G Wilkens), Kalmar |
1910 | Angfartygs A/B Uman (CG Bayard), Stockholm; renamed GEORG |
1916 | Rederi A/B Falkvik (N Fremberg), Solvesborg |
1939 | Rederi A/B Georg (J Lindblom), Abo |
1940 | Manager LGW Boxberg, Nagu |
1945 | Laiva O/Y Tuula (Feliks Kotiranta), Rymattyla; renamed TUULA |
1954 | Tuurun Saariston Silli O/Y, Rymattyla |
12/1954 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the Red Cross Line service between Goole & Boulogne |
12/1954: Broken up at Helsingfors |
Above photo as CHINA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as GEORG is copyright Medelpads
Above photo as GEORG is copyright Medelpads