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Name: FAU SANG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/01/1896
Completed: 25/02/1896
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 313
Dimensions: 2251grt, 1410nrt, 3535dwt, 290.0 x 40.0 x 15.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 209nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.6knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105800
History:
25/02/1896 Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
26/05/1920 Wrecked
Comments: Contract Price £26288; Profit £896-2s-8d.
26/05/1920: Wrecked on Hainan Head, when on passage
from Hongay to Hong Kong with a cargo of coal.