Welcome to the revised site!

skentwel
Nov 1, 2021
1 min read

We have finally published the revised site, and hope you enjoy it. The "Search" function at the bottom of the home page does not appear to be effective, and we are working on this.

Please let us know if we can make improvements. For example, it is difficult to judge if the photos are too light or too dark on other people's screens.

Any comments or suggestions will be welcome.

Stephen

20 Comments

Kentwell Stephen

Oct 30, 2024

Hi KIlin Ruan,

Welcome to the oldchinaships website. I notice you didn't post any specific message, perhaps you had difficulty in logging on. Please enjoy the site!

欢迎来到oldchinaships网站。我注意到您没有发布任何具体消息，也许您登录时遇到困难。请尽情享受该网站！

Stephen Kentwell

Kentwell Stephen

Oct 30, 2024

Joe

Thank you for the link to that site with amazing information on the river steamer KIANG KING. I have updated the entries in the China Merchants and China Merchants Yangtze lists, as well as the PRC Yangtze list.

Good sailing!

Stephen

Richmond Tigers

Jan 04, 2024

I believe I have found some further information on

CHINA MERCHANTS S.N. CO. (1872) 招商局輪船公司 Illustrated Fleet List of Yangtse and Ningpo Steamers only

Refer http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/Z3G0/Z3G0_001.htm

Regards

Joe

Richmond Tigers

Dec 29, 2023

Just found this site when looking for information on these scale model ships produced by a Japanese manufacturer - you can image the amount of translating I had to do back and forth! Made doubly hard by Wade Giles interpretations. From the instructions I knew they were constructed in Shanghai and owened by Nisshin Kisen.

I looked everywhere and by chance came across this site and found them mentioned under the Nisshin Kisen entry. Its so difficult finding old Chinese ships especially Chinese and Manchuoko naval river ships.

Anyway what a great site with wonderful photographs. It must have been hard work putting this together.

Joe

Kentwell Stephen

Dec 30, 2023

Replying to

Thank you Joe, great to hear from you. I was unaware that these Nisshin Kisen vessels CHANG YANG MARU and IYANG MARU were being produced as 1/700 plastic models. There was a third sister of the 1000 grt Kiangnan-built class owned by Nisshin - YUNG YANG MARU for which we have a nice photo on p.38 of the Nisshin list. She was sunk by air attack in December 1943. Including vessels built for other mercantile owners and two vessels for the Chinese Navy we have counted ten of this 1000 grt class in all, listed on pp.58-60 of our Little Upper River list. Two which survived to the 1970s are covered in pp.33-35 and pp 36-38 of our Changjiang (Yan…

Li Peter

Jan 25, 2023

The tugboat Edith (1905-41) of Whampoa Dock was sunk on 25th July 1932 after collision with the ship Tin Yat. This was why it was rebuilt in 1935. The Hong Kong Telegraph 26-07-1932

Kentwell Stephen

Jan 26, 2023

Replying to

Thank you, very good to learn of this incident. It is frustrating that we are still unable to find any photo of this tug before or after reconstruction, even though she served HWD for a long time. Regards, Howard & Stephen