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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
TIEN KWANG |
148559 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1925 |
1925 |
02/1925 |
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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1497 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
731 grt / 341 nrt / 1007 tons disp. |
198.5 ft |
32.9 ft |
8.9 ft |
8 ft 0 in |
Engine builder |
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
2 x Screw. 2 x 4Cyl. (18, 26, 30 & 30 - 18)in. 397nhp 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 |
24/02/1925 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1927 Asiatic Petroleum Co. (North China) Ltd., St Helens Court. London EC3, Andrew Agnew, Mgr. Re-registered at Shanghai 10/1939 Admiralty requisition - anti-submarine service |
Vessel history |
For service in the Straits of Mallaca with an extreme draught of 8.6 ft. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1942 |
Bombed 14/02/1942 |
Disposal Detail |
Bombed off Pampong Island south of Rhio Strait on passage Singapore for Batavia with evacuees. |
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