SIR RAYLTON DIXON & COMPANY, MIDDLESBROUGH

Name HERO
Type Cargo
Yard Number 327
Launched 30/07/1890
Completed 09/1890
Off. Number 95767
Engine builder Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 797
Length (feet) 200
Beam (feet) 30.1
First owner Bristol S.N. Co. Ltd., Bristol
History 1900 SOUTHGROVE, Grove Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. (S. Furneaux & Co.), London
1906 CHUYU MARU, C. Nishimura, Osaka
1907 Yasuda Shoji Gomei Kaisha, Osaka
1913 Fujiyama Yokichi, Osaka
1920 Shimizu Shotaro, Hakodate
1920 PEI HAI, Lu Yee Shun, Chefoo
1935 Dong An S.S. Co. (Hwei Tung S.S. Co.), Chefoo
During WW2 reported as either GYOSEI MARU or KOSEI MARU under Chinese flag but Japanese control
Fate 26/06/1945 sunk by U.S. naval aircraft in 34.32N 127.14E.

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