The Straits Steamship Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Straits_Steamship_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf shipping company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Keppel_Corporation
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1983
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1989
gptkbp:fleetSize 50 ships
gptkbp:foundedIn 1890
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Wee_Bin
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Singapore
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Straits Steamship Company
gptkbp:industry shipping
maritime transport
gptkbp:notableEmployee Wee Siang Tat
Wee Siang Chuan
Wee Siang Teong
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Malaya
Post-war reconstruction
gptkbp:notableShip SS Klang
SS Rajah Brooke
SS Tanjong Pagar
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Straits_Settlements
gptkb:British_Malaya
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Keppel_Corporation
gptkbp:renamed Keppel Shipping
gptkbp:servedPorts gptkb:Bangkok
gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:Kuching
gptkb:Batavia
gptkb:Sandakan
gptkb:Port_Swettenham
Malacca
Penang
gptkbp:successor Keppel Shipping
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kenneth_James_William_Mackay,_3rd_Viscount_Inchcape
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8