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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ORIENTAL |
93210 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1888 |
05/12/1888 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Passenger Liner
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Caird & Company, Greenock |
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248 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
5284 grt / 3085 nrt / |
410.5 ft |
48.0 ft |
34.3 ft |
26.0 ft |
Engine builder |
Caird & Company, Greenock |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (38, 59.5, 96 x 66in), 749nhp, 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock |
Greenock |
24/01/1889 |
Other names |
1915 HONG KHENG - 1921 SONG HOI - 1923 TAI WAYFOONG |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1915 Ho Hong Steamship Co. Ltd. and renamed HONG KHENG. 1916 P. A. Lapique & Co., (George Grimble, manager), Haiphong & Hong Kong. Registered at Hong Kong. 1921 Renamed SONG HOI. 1923 G. T. M. Edkins of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp., Hong Kong.
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Vessel history |
Was accommodation ship for evacuees after the Yokohama earthquake in September 1923 and renamed TAI WAY FOONG. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1924 |
Broken Up |
Disposal Detail |
Q2/1924 broken up in Japan |
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