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Name: CHIN KIANG
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/09/1872
Completed: 11/1872
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 267
Dimensions: 1249grt, 799nrt, 243.5 x 31.2 x 22.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (31 & 61 x 36ins), 160nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 68357
History:
11/1872 Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle
1879 Transferred to Milburn & Co, Newcastle
29/01/1884 Wrecked
Comments: 29/01/1884: Wrecked at Hore Tow Head, Huitan Bay
On a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai with passengers and general cargp
12 crew & 44 passengers died