The 7,912 GRT steamship China was built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in the Northern Irish port city of Belfast . She was the second of five sister ships that P&O put into service between 1896 and 1900 for passenger traffic to the Far East. The others were India (1896), Egypt (1897), Arabia (1898) and Persia (1900). These steamers were among the most modern of their time and set new standards.
The 152.5 meter long and 16.5 meter wide India was launched on June 13, 1896 at Harland & Wolff and was completed on November 28, 1896. It was designed to carry 480 passengers. The ship was equipped with two masts , two funnels and two propellers . The top speed was 18 knots.
In contrast to her sister ships India , Arabia and Persia , the China was not sunk in the First World War. After the Egypt sank after a collision in the Bay of Biscay in 1922 , the China was the only ship of its class that had not been a victim of any disaster. It was sold to Japan for demolition and reached Osaka on July 22, 1928 , where it was scrapped shortly afterwards.
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