SS Taiping (1925)

SS Taiping was a 4,324 ton steamship launched by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong in 1925 for the Australian Oriental Line.

Design and construction

Taiping was the second of two sister passenger-cargo liners ordered in May 1924 from the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company by the Australian Oriental Line, which was owned and managed by G. S. Yuill & Company, Sydney, New South Wales. With a tonnages of and, she was long, had a beam of and a depth of. Three oil-fired boilers supplied steam at 200psi to a triple expansion steam engine with a rating of 638 NHP, driving a single propeller. Service speed was 13 knots.
Cargo capacity was, of which 400 tons was refrigerated. There was accommodation for 278 passengers
The shipyard launched Taiping on 11 June 1925, but completion was delayed due to strikes by both port and shipyard workers.