Name: | KWONG SANG |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/07/1902 |
Completed: | 26/08/1902 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 394 |
Dimensions: | 2283grt, 1428nrt, 3563dwt, 290.0 x 42.1 x 15.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 212nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.1knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115883 |
History: | |
26/08/1902 | Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
10/08/1931 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Contract Price £36722; Profit £2628-16-0d |
10/08/1931: Wrecked Fu Ning Bay, near Foochow | |
On a voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong with livestock & general cargo | |
All crew except 3 drowned who were then captured by pirates | |
Rescued by HMS SEPOY and Chinese gunboat TUNG CHI |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 24/07/1902