Name: | FOO SHING |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/12/1903 |
Completed: | 03/01/1904 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 409 |
Dimensions: | 2284grt, 1433nrt, 3591dwt, 290.8 x 42.1 x 15.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 226nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118365 |
History: | |
03/01/1904 | Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1946 | Tai Ping Steamship Navigation Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed TAIKINSHAN |
17/01/1952 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Laid down by Wigham Richardson & Co |
17/01/1952: Wrecked on the Paracel Islands at 17.04N - 111.28E | |
On a voyage from Swatow to Singapore with a cargo of fruit & vegetables |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 11/12/1903
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 08/01/1904