Name: | WAI SHING also seen as WAI-SHING |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/03/1903 |
Completed: | 21/05/1903 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 403 |
Dimensions: | 1865grt, 1170nrt, 2588dwt, 275.3 x 40.0 x 20.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.8knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118278 |
History: | |
21/05/1903 | Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
03/1932 | San Peh Steam Navigation Co ltd, Shanghai; renamed CHING FU |
1938 | Cia Italiana di Nav SAI (Chinese Italian Nav Co Ltd), Shanghai; renamed VESUVIO |
12/1941 | Government of Japan |
No later history | |
Comments: | Contract Price £31332; Profit £528-16s-1d |
10/08/1931: Blown ashore in Namkwan Bay near Wenchow during typhoon | |
20/08/1931: Refloated & sold to Hong Kong shipbreakers | |
12/1941: Seized by Japanese forces & presumed to have been a war loss |