SS Taiping (1926)

Taiping in 1940.
History
Name: Taiping
Owner: Australian Oriental Line
Builder: Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong
Launched: 1926
Fate: Broken up in 1961.
General characteristics
Length: 352.3 ft (107.4 m)[1]
Beam: 48.2 ft (14.7 m)
Draught: 23.7 ft (7.2 m)
Propulsion: Triple expansion engine
Speed: 13 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.
  2. ↑ "Australian Orient Line". Flotilla Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
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