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SS Taiping (1925)

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Taiping in 1940.
History
NameTaiping
OwnerAustralian Oriental Line
BuilderHong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong
Launched1926
FateBroken up in 1961.
General characteristics
Length352.3 ft (107.4 m)[1]
Beam48.2 ft (14.7 m)
Draught23.7 ft (7.2 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion engine
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)

Taiping was a 4,324 tons steam ship built by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong in 1926 for the Australian Oriental Line.[2]

Operational history

Taiping was requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a Victualling Stores Issuing Ship in 1941. She was returned to her owners in 1947.

Fate

Taiping was broken up at Hong Kong in October 1961.

Notes

  1. ^ "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 12 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "Australian Orient Line". Flotilla Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)