Record Identifier166Date Range1882-1915DescriptionThe SS Manapouri was built in Scotland by William Denny and Brothers in 1882. During its lifetime, it was known by several names, in 1920 it was named Lindsay Moller, in 1923 it was Fook Hong and in 1935 it was finally named Tai Poo Sek.
It was finally sunk by an American air attack in the Mekong River Estuary on 12 January 1945.
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Neg No 25. Note:- Although both photographs herein are endorsed with the ships name, they each show greatly different ships. Note lower row of hull ports in the de Maus photo which does not appear in the other one; sides fully plated in at upper deck level in the later photo; different bridge, etc. etc., apart from rigging differences. Note also steam pipes on funnel. If those two photos are in fact of the same ship, she must have undergone a very extensive modification, which of course is not beyond the bounds of possibility. The painting tallies with the de Maus photo. MediumPhotograph - print
