Launching SS Tencho Maru, Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong, 1911
Collection
Identifier
Sw07-152
Copyright
© John Swire & Sons Ltd
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw07-152. GW Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix G written in India ink. This negative is referenced G100. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference P1/III. SS Tencho Maru was built by the Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company, Honk Kong, and launched in 1911. The steam cargo ship was owned by the Japanese company Dairen Kisen K.K. The Tencho Maru was wrecked (ran aground) near Dairen, on 22 July 1936. See Sw07-151, Sw17-003 and Sw17-004.
Caption in album or on mount
Album cover: China B&S, G, Dec. 1928 – June 1929 1-73; 1911-1912, Nos. 74-100. Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 100, two negatives: H Kong D.Y. Building ships
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Location
Date
Saturday 9 December 1911
Photographer
Material
Negative
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London
