Wulin

Wulin.
ID /IMO No. 1159418.
Type	Cargo/passenger.
Gross Registered Tonnage	2,516 grt. 1,741 nett.
Builder	Taikoo D.& E. Co. Yard No. 265.
Delivery date	1935.
Hull	Steel, clincher construction.
Decks	2.
Length	249 ft.
Width	50 ft.
Depth	9.5 ft.
Engine Builder	Sulzer Bros. Winterthur.
Engine Type	Diesel:- Sulzer, 2 stroke, single acting, type 5SD36
Engine cylinders	5 per engine.
Engine Power	Total 1,500 bhp.
Engine RPM	240.
Propulsion mode	Twin screw.
Speed	12 kts.
Aspiration	Natural.
Fuel	Oil.
Generator voltage	220V DC.
Propeller	2, right and left hand.
Propeller blades	4 per propeller
Propeller formation	Solid
Propeller material	Bronze.
Original owner	China Navigation Co.

History

Dec 1st. 1939. Attacked by pirates at San Ho Kang at the mouth of Yangtse river estuary, the cargo being looted. In the melee that took place the crew fought back inflicting some casualties on the pirates, prior to the arrival of a British gun boat which rescued the ship, in the process capturing some of the pirates.

Jan 11th.1942. Bombed and sunk at Muar River, Johore.\, by Japanese aircraft. Salvaged by the Japanese and commisioned as "Unryu Maru" in Nov. 1944.

Dec 31st 1944. Torpedoed and sunk off Port Blair, Andaman Islands, by the H.M.Submarine "Shakespeare".

Service

Built for the Yangtse river services.

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