Category:Van Swoll (ship, 1897)

Ship edit

• Type: Passenger / cargo steamship
• Built by: Wigham Richardson & Co., Newcastle on Tyne, Neptune Yard, Low Walker
• Yard No: 333
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1897.07.15
• Completed: 1897.09.07
• Length over all: 278.5 ft
• Beam: 36.7 ft
• GT: 1825
• DWT: 1840
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• www.wrecksite.eu
• www.tynebuiltships.co.uk
• plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk

History edit

• 1897 Named Van Swoll; Flag: Netherlands East Indies
  • Call sign: TJHG
  • Port: Batavia
  • Owner: N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij
• 1930 Renamed Edendale; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Call sign: VSRN
  • Port: Singapore
  • Owner: Heap Eng Moh Steamship Co Ltd
• 1951 Flag: United Kingdom
  • Call sign: VSRN
  • Port: Hong Kong
  • Owner: Winly Navigation Co Ltd
• 1955.01.21 Bombed and sunk at Swatow by Chinese Nationalist aircraft