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Shengking II GA Plan

Recently uploaded to WikiSwire is this large and detailed (1/8" = 1 foot) general arrangement plan of the Shengking II dated July 1947. Shengking II was built by Scotts of Greenock and delivered to the CNCo on the 4th December 1931. She was built for the Shanghai - Tianjin express service, was powered by 3,400hp twin-screw steam turbines and had an ice-breaking bow. During the Second World War the Shengking II was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport (MOWT) and served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as a supply ship in the Indian Ocean. The General Arrangement plan here undoubtedly illustrates Shengking's post war refurbishment and her deployment to the weekly Hong Kong - Shanghai service. Click here for more...