SIR RAYLTON DIXON & COMPANY, MIDDLESBROUGH

Name WAR PALACE
Type Cargo
Yard Number 615
Launched 05/09/1918
Completed 11/1918
Off. Number 142710
Engine builder Richardsons, Westgarth & Co., Middlesbrough
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 3112
Length (feet) 331.3
Beam (feet) 46.8
First owner The Shipping Controller (Japp, Hatch & Co.), London
History 1919 CAPE COLONY, British Africa Shipping & Coaling Co. Ltd. (Mitchell Cotts & Co.), London
1920 KAITOKE, Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, London / Wellington
1935 KONG HO, Fan Shien Ho, Tsingtao
1937 TAI YANG, Chou Jen Chen, Tsingtao
1938 SEITAI MARU, Sakamoto Shoji K.K., Osaka
   
Fate 20/08/1943 torpedoed by U.S.S. PLUNGER in 41.43N 139.55E off Hokkaido.

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