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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 |
Scotstoun |
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 |
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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