Name: | NINGPO |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/07/1873 |
Completed: | 13/09/1873 (trials) |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 83 |
Dimensions: | 1173grt, 762nrt, 245.6 x 31.1 x 22.2ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (31 & 61 x 36ins), 160nhp |
Engines by: | T Clark & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 8.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 68464 |
History: | |
13/09/1873 | Watts, Milburn & Co, London |
1879 | Transferred to W Milburn |
1888 | Chinesische Kustenfahrt Gesellschaft, Hamburg |
1895 | Okazaki Tokichi, Kobe; renamed TAIYO MARU |
13/03/1905 | Takezaki Kusuma, Kobe |
02/04/1902 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 6 x European berths, 32 x 1st & 94 x 2nd class for Chinese passengers |
Contract Price £22,000; Profit £82 | |
1888: Sold for £15,000 | |
02/04/1902: Wrecked on Rock Island near Cape Idzu, Japan | |
On a voyage from Yokohama to Moji |