CHINA

Registry and Rig Information

Name CHINA
Registry U.S.
Official Number 5792
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 210.00
Width 32.50
Depth 14.00
Gross Tonnage 1239.00
Net Tonnage 931.00
Hull Material Iron

Vessel History

Rebuilds Rebuilt at Montreal, Que., in 1913 (210 x 32 x 15.16; 988 gross - 580 net). U.S. measures, 1922 (218 x 32.50 x 14.16; 977 gross - 560 net). Canadian measures, 1923 (216.66 x 32.50 x 14; 972 gross - 561 net). Rebuilt at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1919.
History Enrolled at Mobile, AL, in 1922; transferred to Boston, MA, in 1923. Apparently owned by A. Hubbard in Boston in 1923.
Disposition Declared a constructive total loss after suffering damage in heavy weather in Straits of Belle Isle in 1923. Used as salt storage hulk at St. Johns, Newfoundland. Scuttled outside St. John's harbor on November 9, 1935.

Build Information

Builder Gibson and Craig (King Iron Works)
Place Built Buffalo, NY
Date Built 1871-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
CITY OF MONTREAL1904-00-001913-00-00CANADA117073
SULA1922-00-001923-00-00U.S.5792
WESTERIAN1913-00-001922-00-00CANADA117073
WESTERIAN1923-00-001935-00-00CANADA117073

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
1919-00-001920-00-00CANADA117073
Erie and Western Transportation Co.1871-00-001904-00-00U.S.5792
International Waterways Navigation, Ltd.1923-00-001935-00-00CANADA117073
J.H. Hall1913-00-001914-00-00CANADA117073
Job Shipping Corp.1920-00-001921-00-00CANADA117073
Montreal and Lake Erie Steamship Co., Ltd.1904-00-001913-00-00CANADA117073
Sula Steamship Co., Inc.1922-00-001923-00-00U.S.5792
Westerian Transportation Co., Ltd.1914-00-001919-00-00CANADA117073
Western Steamship Co., Ltd.1921-00-001922-00-00CANADA117073