Name: | YAT SHING |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/01/1904 |
Completed: | 11/02/1904 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 410 |
Dimensions: | 2284grt, 1424nrt, 3591dwt, 290.4 x 42.1 x 15.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 226nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.9knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118378 |
History: | |
11/02/1904 | Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
12/1941 | Government of Japan; renamed NISSHO MARU |
17/07/1945 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract Price £34305; Profit £147-1s-2d |
12/1941: Seized by Japanese forces at Hong Kong | |
17/07/1945: Mined & sunk off Yawata, Japan | |
20/10/1950: Wreck raised for breaking up |