SS Haiching (+1943) WRECK

SS Haiching (+1943) WRECK

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SS Haiching (+1943)

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nationality:
british
purpose: transport
type: cargo
propulsion: steamer
date built: 1898
is nickname: no
status:
unknown
details
weight (tons): 2183  grt
dimensions: 85,62 x 11,64 x 5,15 m
material: steel
engine: 3 cyl triple expansion engine
armament: armed merchant ship
power: 239  n.h.p.
speed: 11  knots
about the loss
cause lost: torpedo
date lost: 02/10/1943  [dd/mm/yyyy]
casualties: 12
about people
builder:
David J. Dunlop & Co, Glasgow
owner:
Douglas Shipping Co. Ltd.
captain: Charles E.Stewart
complement: 2
no. of crew: 67
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reference(s):
[1] Hocking C., Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam
[2]  www.uboat.net
updates
entered by: Allen Tony
entered: 19/12/2007
last update: Vleggeert Nico
last update: 05/07/2010
 
 
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Vleggeert Nico01/11/2008
latitude:18°46'0X'' N
longitude:071°55'0X'' E
division:1'=60''
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Positie is PA.
ref. used: Stuart Cameron, www.clydesite.co.uk
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Allen Tony19/12/2007Haiching SS was a British Cargo Steamer of 2,183 tons built in 1898. On the 2nd October 1943 when on route from CALCUTTA & COCHIN for KARACHI she was torpedoed by German submarine U-168 and sunk. 12 crew lost from a total of 70.
ref. used: www.ubootwaffe.net

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