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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
WAIPORI |
101485 |
NZL |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1901 |
05/03/1901 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co, Campbeltown |
Trench Point |
65 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
1919 grt / 1229 nrt / |
282.1 ft |
40.0 ft |
20.4 ft |
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Engine builder |
J G Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock |
Engine detail |
1-screw, T3cyl (21, 33, 53 x 36in), 174nhp, 10 knots |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd, Dunedin |
Dunedin |
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Other names |
1928 WAIPORI MARU - 1929 CHINGSUN - 1932 TUNG LEE |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1928 Kaitsu Koshi Goshi Kaisya, Dairen and renamed WAIPORI MARU 1931 Kaitsukosi & Co, Shanghai 1934 Zee Yu Kun, Shanghai 1934 Tientsin Navigation Co, Shanghai |
Vessel history |
Requisition by the Chinese Governt during the Sino-Japanese War |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1937 |
Blockship |
Disposal Detail |
Scuttled in Yangtse River at Chinkiang in 1937 as blockship by Chinese Government during Japanese attack |
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Waipori - Green Collection – State of Victoria L
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