PS Hankow (1874)

Career (UK)
Name: PS Hankow
Owner: China Navigation Co, London
Route: Yangtze and from 1886 Hong Kong/Canton service
Builder: A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number: 107
Launched: Tuesday, 30 December 1873
Fate: Destroyed by American bombing during WW2
General characteristics
Type: Iron Paddle Steamer
Tonnage: 3073 grt
Length: 308.4ft
Beam: 42.2ft
Draught: 15.1ft depth
Installed power: 140nhp
Propulsion: Steam 2cyl
Speed: 9 knots

The PS Hankow was an iron paddle steamer built at A and J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow with Yard No. 107. She was transferred in 1886 from Yangtze to Hong Kong/Canton service. Gutted by fire on 14 October 1906 at Canton Steamer Wharf, Hong Kong with loss of 130 lives. Towed to Shanghai in 1907 and converted to hulk and moved to Hankow as transhipment godown. Transferred to Shasi in 1930, and to Ichang in 1938. Destroyed by American bombing during WW2. [1]

References

  1. ^ David Asprey and Stuart Cameron: Launched 1873: PS Hankow.