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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
TAIWAN |
87005 |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1882 |
17/10/1882 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Passenger / Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts Schooner |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Scott & Co., Greenock |
Cartsdyke East |
221 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
1734 grt / 1109 nrt / |
270 ft |
34 ft |
24.75 ft |
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Engine builder |
Greenock Foundry Company, Greenock |
Engine detail |
1-Screw, steam compound C2cy inverted, 2 Oval boilers, 185nhp, 940ihp, 10 knots |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
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London |
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Other names |
1905 PLON - 1905 TAIWAN - 1913 TAIWAN MARU |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
May 1905 sold to Diederichsen, Jebsen & Co, Hamburg and renamed PLON November 1905 sold to Wing Fat S.S.Co. of Hong Kong and renamed TAIWAN 1910 now owned by Sun Wah S.S.C. of Hong Kong 31/12/1913 sold to Goshi Kaisya Hachiuma Shokia, Dairen, and renamed TAIWAN MARU 1919 Owner listed as K.Hachiuma, Jensen, Korea |
Vessel history |
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Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1919 |
Wrecked 20/10/1919 |
Disposal Detail |
20/10/1919 grounded in the Hainan Straits and wrecked Reported as subsequently refloated but Lloyds register indicates a wreck. |
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