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Name: KADINA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/11/1897
Completed: 12/1897
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 85
Dimensions: 2792grt, 1986nrt, 325.5 x 45.1 x 21.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 251nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 108188
History:
12/1897 Adelaide Steamship Co, Adelaide
1924 Asaki Kisen KK, Osaka; renamed TAIKEI MARU
1927 Oginuno Kaisho KK, Yesumi, Japan
16/02/1932 Missing
Comments: 16/11/1897: Launched as VICTORIAN ERA for Mark Whitwill & Co, Bristol
16/02/1932: Missing, presumed lost in ice off Russian Pacific coast
On a voyage from Vladivostok to Aomori with a cargo of oilcake


Above photo as KADINA courtesy of Allan Green