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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| SHU KWANG |
147724 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1924 |
1924/2q |
09/1924 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Tanker Oil
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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1488 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 732 grt / 285 nrt / 535 dwt |
198.7 ft |
32.9 ft |
10.6 ft |
8.0 ft |
| Engine builder |
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
2 x Screw, 2 x T4Cyl (18, 26, 30 & 30 x 18)in. 3500 IHP. 14.6 knots. 397 nhp
2 x Yarrow boilers 250 lb/sq.in. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd., London |
London |
11/09/1924 |
| Other names |
| 1942 FUKUAN MARU |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
By 1927 Asiatic Petroleum Co. (North China) Ltd, St Helens Court, London EC3, Andrew Agnew, Mgr.
1940 Admiralty requisition - auxiliary anti-submarine patrol vessel
1942 Japanese Government |
| Vessel history |
| 13/02/1942 sunk by Japanese air attack in the Dutch East Indies. Salvaged and returned to service with Japan. |
| Remarks |
For service on Yangtse river. Bullet proof plating on bridge.
Displacement 1007 tons
58 crew 2 passengers |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1944 |
Mined 23/12/1944 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Mined in Berhala Strait on passage Seletar for Palembang with army cargo. |
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