SS Taiping (1925)
 SS Taiping - Fitted out for wartime merchant marine service with an Anti-Mine netting boom fitted to the bow. Circa 1944-1946 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Taiping |
| Owner | Australian Oriental Line |
| Builder | Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong |
| Yard number | 619 |
| Launched | 11 June 1925 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger-cargo |
| Length | 352.3 ft (107.4 m)[1] |
| Beam | 48.2 ft (14.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 23.7 ft (7.2 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion engine |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
SS Taiping was a 4,324 ton steamship launched by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong in 1925 for the Australian Oriental Line.[2]
Design and construction
Taiping was the second of two sisterpassenger-cargo liners ordered in May 1924 from the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company by the Australian Oriental Line, which was owned and managed by G. S. Yuill & Company, Sydney, New South Wales.[3] With a tonnages of 4,324 GRT and 2,582 NRT, she was 352.3 ft (107.4 m) long, had a beam of 48.2 ft (14.7 m) and a depth of 23.7 ft (7.22 m).[4] Three oil-fired boilers supplied steam at 200psi to a triple expansion steam engine with a rating of 638 NHP, driving a single propeller.[4] Service speed was 13 knots.[5]
Cargo capacity was 4,000 DWT, of which 400 tons was refrigerated. There was accommodation for 278 passengers (40 x 1st, 56 x 2nd class, 182 deck passengers)[5]
The shipyard launched Taiping on 11 June 1925, but completion was delayed due to strikes by both port and shipyard workers.[6]
- El Taiping c. 1935
- El Taiping in 1953
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Notes
- ^"Lloyd's Register 1942-43"(PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^"Australian Orient Line". Flotilla Australia. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^"New Ships - For Australian-Chinese Trade - Hongkong Contract". Daily Telegraph. No. 13865. Sydney, NSW. 16 May 1924. p. 7. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via Trove.
- ^ abLloyd's Register of Shipping, Vol II Steamers and Motorships. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1926. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ ab"Trade with East: New Steamers for Service". The Argus. No. 24666. Melbourne. 28 August 1925. p. 16. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via Trove.
- ^"Hongkong Strikes". Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27305. 10 July 1925. p. 12. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via Trove.
See also
Sister ship Changte
