Chengtu I

History
The first of a class of four vessels the others being:- "Chusan", '''"Chungking I", and "Chekiang I".

March 1913. The hull construction was contracted out to Dunlop, Bremner & Co., Inch Yard, Port Glasgow. Yard No.278. This was the first group of the verticle profiles which became the standard for the China coasters.

Service
Built for the China coast trade.

Events / Stories
Requisitioned by M.O.W.T. under Liner Requisition Scheme.

25.12.41: scuttled in Taikoo Dock, Hong Kong, on Naval orders. Raised by Japanese forces and renamed "Seito Maru".

26.10.44: Mined & sank near Kota Baru south of Makassar Strait, by an Australian mine.