Kaying

Sister ship of the Kalgan II

History
'''April 14th. 1923.''' Blown ashore on to rocks at Swatow during a typhoon. Refloated and taken to Taikoo dockyard for repair.

June 1942. The Kaying was employed by the Admiralty in Siamese waters as a wireless station.

'''March 18th. 1943.''' At 08.34 hrs. during a voyage while in ballast, departing Benghazi on March 9th. to Tripoli, Libya / Alexandria, the "Kaying" was torpedoed by the German submarine U 593, commanded by Gerd Keibling, 120 miles south of Cape Matapan, near Derna, Cyrenaica, position 32.59N, 22.21E. The Kaying was badly damaged and foundered the next day in heavy weather. Seven crew members and two gunners were lost. The Master Reginald Harvey Fairley, 68 crew members and four gunners were rescued and landed in Alexandria.

The same spread of torpedoes also sank the "Dafila" (British & Continental), 21 crew members died, and 3 were wounded.

Service
Built for the China coast - Bangkok service.