Name: | VAN SWOLL |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/07/1897 |
Completed: | 07/09/1897 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 333 |
Dimensions: | 1825grt, 1123nrt, 1840dwt, 278.5 x 36.7 x 18.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 34 & 57 x 42ins), 211nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.8knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1930: 156307) |
History: | |
07/09/1897 | Koninklijke Paketvaart Maats, Batavia |
29/01/1930 | Heap Eng Moh Steamship Co Ltd, Singapore; renamed EDENDALE |
1951 | Winly Navigation Co Ltd (Jebshun Shipping Co, managers), Hong Kong |
20/01/1955 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract Price £35585; Profit £1520-14s-6d |
For services around the Dutch East Indies | |
20/01/1955: Bombed and sunk at Swatow by Chinese Nationalist aircraft | |
On a voyage from Hong Kong to Swatow with 200 tons of general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 09/09/1897