History - City of Peking
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Iron-hulled, single screw steamer built in 1874 by John Roach & Son, New York, NY. |
| LOA=423'0" |
LBP=408'0" |
B=47'0" |
D=37' |
Draft=21' |
| Displacement=Unknown |
Deadweight=Unknown |
Gross tonnage=5,079 |
| Cargo capacity=4,000 LT |
Passengers=1,650 |
Speed=15 knots |
Machinery: Single screw, compound engine. |
The first iron-hulled, propeller-driven steamer built for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Collided with the Japanese corvette AMAGI, in Kii Channel, 1899. Laid up at San Francisco, 1908; broken up July 1910. |
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