SS Kiangya
steamship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- SS Kiangya
- IMO number
- 5069946
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- steamship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
- 15.2 m
- Year built
- 1939
- Builder
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- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About SS Kiangya
SS Kiangya or Jiangya (traditional Chinese: 江亞輪; simplified Chinese: 江亚轮; pinyin: Jiāngyà Lún) was a Chinese passenger steamship that was destroyed in an explosion near the mouth of the Huangpu River 50 miles (80 km) north of Shanghai on 3 or 4 December 1948. Her wreck was cleared from the channel in 1956 and her hull refurbished, re-entering service. She was renamed the SS Dongfang Hong 8 (traditional Chinese: 東方紅8; simplified Chinese: 东方红8; pinyin: Dōngfāng Hóng Bā; lit. 'The East is Red #8') during the Cultural Revolution and retired during modernisations in 1983. The Kiangya was one of eight ships operated by the Shanghai Merchants Group and the sister ship of the SS Kiangking (Chinese: 江静轮; pinyin: Jiāngjìng Lún). She had a displacement of 2,100 tons. At the time of her explosion during the Chinese Civil War, she was bound for Ningbo from Shanghai's Shiliupu Dock.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SS Kiangya now?
- SS Kiangya has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is SS Kiangya?
- SS Kiangya is a steamship, built in 1939.
- Has SS Kiangya been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for SS Kiangya appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).