SS Taiping (1926)

Taiping in 1940.
Career
Name:	Taiping
Owner:	Australian Oriental Line
Builder:	Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong
Launched:	1926
Fate:	Broken up in 1961.
General characteristics
Length:	352.3 ft (107.4 m)[1]
Beam:	48.2 ft (14.7 m)
Draught:	23.7 ft (7.2 m)
Propulsion:	Triple expansion engine
Speed:	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)

Taiping was a 4,324 tons steam ship built by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong in 1926 for the Australian Oriental Line.^[2]

Operational history

Taiping was requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a Victualling Stores Issuing Ship in 1941. She was returned to her owners in 1947.

Fate

Taiping was broken up at Hong Kong in October 1961.

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