Passenger/cargo ship “Shanghai” at Hong Kong, early October 1980
Owner: China Ocean Shipping Co.
Flag: Peoples' Republic of China
Port of registry: Shanghai
Builder: S A Cockerill-Ougr?ée, Hoboken, Belgium
Gross tons: 13,531
Deadweight: 10,612
Length overall: 170.0 m
Max. draft: 8.567 m
Engines: 2 x Parsons double-reduction geared steam turbines, 9,500 s.h.p., by builders Seraing yard; single screw
Service speed: 16.5 knots
Completed October 1957 as “Baudouinville” for Cie..Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) S.A. (manager Agence Maritime Internationale S.A.)
Sold February 1961 to Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., London, renamed “Cathay”
Ownership transferred (within P&O Group) to Eastern & Australian Steam Ship Co Ltd, London, retaining name
Sold January 1986 to Sold to Nan Yang Shipping Company, China, renamed “Kenghsin” (Somali flag)
Ownership transferred to COSCO 1977, renamed “Shanghai”
Ownership transferred to Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping Co., retaining name
Scrapped 1996