| Name: | CHINA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/03/1900 |
| Completed: | 15/05/1900 |
| Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 360 |
| Dimensions: | 5999grt, 3855nrt, 8156dwt, 417.0 x 52.6 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | Q4cyl (24, 34, 51 & 74 x 54ins), 495nhp |
| Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.9knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 15/05/1900 | Lloyd Austriaco, Trieste, Austro-Hungary |
| 20/03/1917 | Government of China; renamed HWAH JAH |
| 1921 | Yu Fong SS Co, Shanghai appointed managers |
| 1923 | Chinese Navy |
| 1929 | Hai Wai Trading SS Co Ltd (Ching Kee SN Co Ltd, managers), Chefoo |
| 1929 | Renamed CHUNG HWAH |
| 1940 | Government of Japan; renamed YULIN MARU |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 20 x 1st & 20 x 2nd Class passengers |
| 08/1914: Laid up at Shanghai | |
| 20/03/1917: Seized by the Chinese Government (Shipping Administration) | |
| 1940: Captured by Japanese forces | |
| 21/01/1945: Sunk by US aircraft at Takoo | |
| 08/1945: Salvaged and returned to owners | |
| 1958: Deleted from registers - No further trace |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 15/03/1900