Name |
KWANG TUNG |
Construction |
IRON |
Type |
STEAMER |
Date |
1868 |
Official Number |
60681 |
Description |
Yard Number: 256 First vessel to be built by Hall Russell & Company. Description: 2 decks, 3 masts, brig rigged, round stern, clencher built, no galleries, no figurehead, iron screw steamer. Subscribing Owner: Douglas Lapraik Esq., "The Oaks", Acton, Middlesex (64 shares). 1874/75/76: Owner D. Lapraik Vessel wrecked 19th April 1876 near Osaka. (Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)) Dundee Courier, 30/04/1868: Report of trials of KWANG TUNG under command of Capt. Campbell in Aberdeen Bay. After several initial runs covered "measured distance" in 4 mins 27 sec., "giving speed of 13 1/2 miles per hour... considered highly satisfactory to those particularly interested". |
Shipbuilder |
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited |
Owner |
D Lapraik & Co, Hong Kong |
Dimensions |
length 220' x breadth 31' x depth 14' gross tonnage 492 tons |
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