ORIENTAL

Ship Details

Rig

Steel Screw 3 mast Steamer, 1200 hp

Built

1888

Built In

Tonnage

4,972g 2,712n

Built By

Dimensions

410.5 x 48.0 x 26.0

Demise

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., reg. Greenock. Far East route. 1893: Delivered mails to Hong Kong in a record 48 days. 1914: Collided with and sank the Japanese steamer Hokuse Maru. 1915: Hong Kong Steamship Co. & renamed. 1922: Renamed. 1923: Refugee ship during the Yokohama earthquake. 1924: Broken up in Hong Kong.

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