Name: | HAI LI |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/09/1934 |
Completed: | 10/1934 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1458 |
Dimensions: | 3423grt, 2118nrt, 328.7 x 47.2 x 23.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 42ins), 383nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Reg Number: | 161574 |
History: | |
16/10/1934 | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend; registered at Newcastle |
1935 | China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co, Shanghai |
1938 | Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed MING SANG |
05/1942 | Government of Japan; renamed BIZAN MARU |
18/06/1945 | Sank |
Comments: | Sister vessel to HAI YUAN |
Accommodation for 20 x 1st class, 52 x 2nd class & 28 x 3rd class passengers | |
Also deck space was available for 900 x deck passengers | |
16/10/1934: Registered with the shipbuilder for the delivery voyage | |
10/12/1941: Scuttled at Hong Kong | |
1942: Refloated by Japanese salvors | |
18/06/1945: Mined & sunk 12 miles west of Shimonoseki, Japan | |
09/1948: Refloated and then broken up |
Above photo of MING SANG is copyright of the United States Navy - Japanese Merchant Ships, Recognition Manual