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Name: CHU KIANG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/11/1869
Completed: 12/1869
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 204
Dimensions: 1008grt, 636nrt, 206.0 x 30.2 x 22.0ft
Engines: 2cyl, 120nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63541
History:
23/12/1869 Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle
06/02/1872 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the China coasting trade, CHU KIANG means PEARL RIVER
06/02/1872: Wrecked on Reef Island, now Dongjia Island
On a voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong with a cargo of rice


Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 21/05/1872