Tug "Tai Koo" I

Tai Koo I
ID. No. 1128709
Type	Harbour / Salvage Tug.
Gross Registered Tonnage	352 tons.
Builder	Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering. Yard No, 120.
Delivery date	1911
Hull	Steel
Decks	1
Length	140 ft.
Width	26 ft. 3 ins.
Engine Builder	Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co.
Engine Type	Steam, 2 x Compound engines.
Engine cylinders	one H.P. and one L.P. per engine.
Propulsion mode	Twin screw.
Displacement	352 tons.
Fuel	Coal.
Propeller	2, Right & Left hand
Propeller formation	Solid.
Propeller material	cast iron.
Original owner	Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. Hong Kong.
Delivered to owner	1911.
Scrapped	April 1948. @ Hong Kong Shipyard.

History

1911. Built by Taikoo Dockyard as a Harbour tug, for Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. of Hong Kong.

1938. Sold to Moller's Towages Ltd. Shanghai. Renamed "Carmen Moller". Employed as a Yangtse River tug.

1942. Listed as owned by the Japanese Gov't. Renamed "Amoy Maru".

1943. Listed as owned by the Japanese Navy. Renamed "Eisen 1447".

April 1948. Recorded as broken up at Hong Kong Shipyard.

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