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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