Spectators at launch of SS Tencho Maru, Hong Kong
Collection
Identifier
Sw17-004
Copyright
© John Swire & Sons Ltd
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw17-004. Khaki cloth Kodak Negative Album, 12 cm x 16 cm. 134 negatives (sized 92mm x 147mm). The album was labelled P2/IX on the back cover. This photograph was probably taken at the launch of the SS Tencho Maru. SS Tencho Maru was built by the Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company, Hong 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, Sw07-152 and Sw17-003.
Caption in album or on mount
Hong Kong Tencho
Related Photographs
Location
Date
Saturday 9 December 1911
Photographer
Material
Negative
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London
