Name: | KAIPING |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/06/1905 |
Completed: | 08/1905 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 745 |
Dimensions: | 2563grt, 1605nrt, 312.0 x 44.3 x 13.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 41.5 & 68 x 45ins), 407nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120589 |
History: | |
08/1905 | Chinese Engineering & Mining Co Ltd, London |
1942 | Government of Japan; renamed KAIHO MARU |
27/04/1945 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/12/1941: Sank during Japanese air strike in Manila Bay |
Subsequently raised by Japanese salvors | |
27/04/1945: Mined & sunk in the Korea Strait, 34.00N - 130.50E |