Steamship 'Woosung II' (吴淞)

Title : Steamship 'Woosung II' (吴淞)

Topic : Warren Swire collection

Year : 1919-1920

Location : Unknown

Date (start) : 1919

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Negative

Caption on support : Album cover: B&S, 1919/20, D, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Canton, Swatow, Shanghai, Tsingtao, Tientsin. Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 51: two negatives: “Wuchang” “Woosung”

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: sw04-075. G W Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix D written in India ink. This negative is referenced D51. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference P1/IV. Woosung II was built in 1918 by Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co., Hong Kong. She was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and renamed "Reizen Maru". On 18 January 1945 she struck a mine in the River Yangtse. Heavily overloaded, there were more than 2,000 casualties when she sank. See also sw04-091 and pa02-089.

Keywords : Swire;junk;ship;boat;dock