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Name: CHOY SANG also seen as CHOY-SANG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/06/1902
Completed: 26/07/1902
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 393
Dimensions: 2284grt, 1424nrt, 3563dwt, 290.0 x 42.1 x 15.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 212nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115861
History:
26/07/1902 Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
02/08/1922 Wrecked
Comments: Contract Price £37622; Profit £2869-16s-7d
02/08/1922: Wrecked in a typhoon, at Fort Island, 14 miles north of Swatow
On a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai with general cargo


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 11/06/1902