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WAIPORI 1901-1928
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BuilderCampbeltown Shipbuilding Co
Where BuiltCampbeltownDate Built1901Tonnage1919 GRTOwners & Previous Names1901-1928 USSCo WAIPORI
1928-1934 Japanese intersts WAIPORI MARU
1934-1937 Chinese intersts CHINGSUN
1937 Requistioned by Chinese GovernmentAdditional NotesBuilt as a standard collier type ship and sold on stocks to USSCo. Spent 27 years as a collier on New Zealand coast. Sold to Japanese interests and renamed WAIPORI MARU in 1928. Sunk as a blockship by Chinese Government in mid stream Yangtze River during Sino-Japanese war in 1937.
Where BuiltCampbeltownDate Built1901Tonnage1919 GRTOwners & Previous Names1901-1928 USSCo WAIPORI1928-1934 Japanese intersts WAIPORI MARU
1934-1937 Chinese intersts CHINGSUN
1937 Requistioned by Chinese Government
Additional NotesBuilt as a standard collier type ship and sold on stocks to USSCo. Spent 27 years as a collier on New Zealand coast. Sold to Japanese interests and renamed WAIPORI MARU in 1928. Sunk as a blockship by Chinese Government in mid stream Yangtze River during Sino-Japanese war in 1937.Connections
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (2nd Sep 2022). WAIPORI 1901-1928. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 22nd Sep 2023 17:29, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/820