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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| CITY OF CALCUTTA |
85862 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1881 |
05/09/1881 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
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125 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 3836 grt / 2505 nrt / |
400.0 ft |
42.1 ft |
30.1 ft |
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| Engine builder |
John and James Thomson, Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
C.2-cyl. (50” & 96” x 60”)
After 1915 T.3-cyl. (31”, 50-7/16” & 85-1/16” x 60”) engine by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| George Smith & Sons, Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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| Other names |
| 1902 HONG MOH |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1900 City Line Ltd. - G. Smith & Sons, Glasgow
1902 Wee Bin & Co., - Lim Ho Puah, Singapore
1911 Lim Peng Siang, Singapore
1913 Ho Hong Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Singapore
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| Vessel history |
| 1915 re-engined |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1921 |
Wrecked 03/03/1921 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Whilst on a voyage from Amoy to Singapore, wrecked off Swatow on the White Rocks, Lamock Island. |
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City of Calcutta
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