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ss. KLANG

 


 

Official Number Date Builder Tonnage L B D Fate
129678 1911 Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering 1451 274 38.1 15.9 broken up 1965
Capt Murdoch McDonald - Master 1920 - 1925

 

1911 20.05.1911 - Launched
   
  07.1911 - Completed
   
   
   
1925 31.10.1925 - Capt Murdoch McDonald and several passengers murdered by a Malay passenger who ran amok with a foot long kris.
   
1934 January - Lost her propeller in the Straits of Malacca and had to be towed into port.
   
   
1943 Chartered to the United States Navy became USS Klang for a period of time and used as a submarine mothership
   
1944 October - Used as a floating R and R ship for Merchant Seamen in Humbolt Bay
   
1947 Registeration changed to Shanghai Development Co. Ltd., Shanghai, renamed CITY OF SHANGHAI
   
1951 Renamed HU KWANG
   
1952 Registeration changed to Shanghai Development Co. (Taiwan) Ltd., Keelung, renamed CITY OF SHANGHAI
   
1965 Broken up
   

 

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