SS Fatshan (1887)

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SS Fatshan I on the Pearl River.jpg
SS Fatshan underway on the Pearl River
History
Flag of Hong Kong (1876-1955).svg Hong Kong
NameFatshan [1]
NamesakeCity of Fatshan (now Foshan), Guangdong (Canton)
Owner
Builder Ramage & Ferguson & Company, Leith [3] [1]
Yard number Victoria Shipyard 76 [1]
Laid down1887
Launched31 March 1887 [1]
Sponsored by Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company house flag.svg Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company [1]
Commissioned1887
Decommissioned1933
FateFull ownership acquired by the China Navigation Company in 1906. [2]
Flag of Hong Kong (1876-1955).svg Hong Kong
NameFatshan
Operator Swire house flag.svg China Navigation Company
Builder Ramage & Ferguson & Company, Leith
Acquired1906
Commissioned1907
IdentificationID / IMO No. 88843 [1] / 1088843
FateScrapped in Q4, 1933 [1]
General characteristics (as Fatshan)
Class & type Steam powered ferry
Tonnage2,260  GRT [4] 1,425  NRT [5] [1]
Length280 ft (85.3 m) [1]
Beam54 ft (16.5 m) [1]
Depth10.2 ft (3.1 m) [1]
Installed power225 nhp
PropulsionTriple expansion steam engines [2]
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) [4]
CapacityOver 1,000 passengers
Armamentlight arms
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  2. 1 2 3 "Fatshan I". wikiswire.com. WikiSwire. 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 William (1890). Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 11. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. ISBN   1231212276.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. 1 2 HongKong Canton & Macao Steamboat Company (1914). Handbook to Canton, Macao and the West River. Hong Kong: HongKong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company. p. 27.
  5. The Directory & Chronicle For China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Daily Press Office. 1906. p. 1321.
  6. Arnold, Julius (1910). In and Around Canton: Being a Short Description of the Chief Places of Interest to Tourists and Travelers in the City and Suburbs. Bolton, Lancashire: Tillotson & Son. p. 17.
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  9. The Register of Adelaide, South Australia (31 August 1908, page 6), quoting from the China Mail of 18 August 1908 regarding the details of an enquiry into the tragic loss of HK-Canton steamer Ying King.
  10. Mellor, Bernard (1992). Lugard in Hong Kong: Empires, Education and a Governor at Work 1907-1912. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp. 78–84. ISBN   9622093167.
  11. Rhoads, Edward J. M. (1975). China's Republican Revolution: The Case of Kwangtung, 1895-1913, Vol. 81. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. pp. 141–143. ISBN   0674119800.
  12. Taikoo by Charles Drage published 1970, pages 170–2
SS Fatshan
Traditional Chinese 佛山輪
Simplified Chinese 佛山轮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Fóshānlún
Yue: Cantonese
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