Name: | HONG KONG |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/02/1871 |
Completed: | 05/1871 |
Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 242 |
Dimensions: | 1881grt, 1221nrt, 290.4 x 35.3 x 25.4ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 68 x 36ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 65570 |
History: | |
09/05/1871 | Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle |
22/02/1875 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/02/1875: Sank after striking a submerged rock near Socotra |
On a voyage from London to Japan | |
6 x crew and 6 x passengers died |
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 27/02/1875