Name: | HELIOS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/11/1905 |
Completed: | 01/1906 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 130 |
Dimensions: | 1656grt, 1044nrt, 260.0 x 38.0 x 15.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp |
Engines by: | George Clark Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
01/1906 | D/S Helios (Bruusgaard, Kiosterud), Drammen |
1910 | Bruusgaard, Kiosteruds D/S A/S, Drammen |
1923 | Kung Chung Steamship Co Ltd, Canton, China; renamed WONG SHEK KUNG |
1933 | Hing Lee Steamship Co Ltd (Kwong Hang Hing, manager), Canton, China |
12/05/1938 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/05/1938: Scuttled by Chinese authorities at Boca Tigris as a blockship |
in the mouth of the Pearl River |
Above photo as HELIOS is courtesy of George Robinson