Name: | HONG ANN |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/09/1879 |
Completed: | 25/10/1879 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 118 |
Dimensions: | 440grt, 299nrt, 430dwt, 150.0 x 23.1 x17.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (22 & 40 x 30ins), 75nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 77321 |
History: | |
13/02/1880 | Wee Boon Tek, Singapore |
1890 | Lim Ho Puah, Singapore |
05/08/1891 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Contract Price £7470, Loss £1319-5s-8d |
Designed to carry 16 x 1st Class passengers | |
Stranded and lost in thick weather, 12.5 miles north of Tagapy Island on the north east coast of Borneo. The master's ticket was suspended for 12 months, for not taking precautions in a dangerous passage. |