SS Shuntien was a 3,059 GRT coastal passenger and cargo liner of the British-owned The China Navigation Company Ltd (CNC). She was built in Hong Kong in 1934 and sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean Sea with great loss of life in 1941. A Royal Navy corvette rescued most of Shuntien's survivors, but a few hours later the corvette too was sunk and no-one survived.
SS Shuntien in civilian service, 1934–41 The icebreaker shape of her bow is clearly visible Photograph reproduced courtesy of WikiSwire
The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo) is a London-based holding company of merchant shipping companies Swire Shipping Pte Ltd and Swire Bulk Pte Ltd, both of which are headquartered in Singapore.
Scotts of Greenock, Scotland built the coastal steamship SS Shenking for CNCo in 1931
Taikoo Dockyard built SS Shuntien in Hong Kong in 1934. She was SS Shengking's sister ship.
A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow built the sidewheel river steamship PS Hankow for the China Navigation Co in 1874
John Swire's subsidiary Taikoo Dockyard in Hong Kong built SS Whang Pu for China Navigation Co in 1920