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Image: StateLibQld 1 127175 Chusan (ship)

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Description: P&OSN Co 699 GRT liner Chusan, built by Miller, Ravenhill and Walker of Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. She was launched in 1851 and completed in 1852. She arrived in Sydney, New South Wales on 3 August 1852, making her the first P&O steamer to visit Australia. David Sassoon & Sons of Shanghai bought her in 1861. She changed hands again in 1867 and 1868, being renamed first Kofuyo and then Kayo. She was hulked in 1872.
Title: StateLibQld 1 127175 Chusan (ship)
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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