Name: | CITY OF PEKIN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/07/1920 |
Completed: | 12/1920 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 876 |
Dimensions: | 6960grt, 4426nrt, 442.8 x 58.7 x 31.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 746nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 143693 |
History: | |
26/11/1920 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool |
10/04/1930 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/04/1930: Sank after striking rocks off Brook Island on the south coast of Korea |
On a voyage from Vladivostok & Dairen to the UK carrying soya beans & general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley