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The business was unsuccessful, and closed in August 1970. Finally, the ship was sold to Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao-yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship called Seawise University. In 1972, while she was undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, a fire broke out aboard under unexplained circumstances ...
This is a non-exhaustive list of shipwrecks located in or around Hong Kong by year. 1835 Date Name National Affiliation Operator Tonnage Cause Deaths Notes 5 August 1835 HMS Raleigh East Indies Station 18-gun Cruizer -class brig-sloop Royal Navy 317 GRT Unknown Unknown Dismasted and wrecked in typhoon while at anchor off Hong Kong, later repaired and returned to service. 1841 Date Name ...
Ship Flag Sunk date Notes Coordinates Bokhara United Kingdom: 10 October 1892 A steamship that sank in a typhoon, killing 125 people on board. Fatshan Hong Kong: 17 August 1971 A ferry that sank near Lantau Island during the height of Typhoon Rose; of the 92 on board, only 4 people survived. Lamma IV Hong Kong: 1 October 2012
The cargo ship collided with Grosvenor Navigator ( Hong Kong) off Hong Kong. [67] Ocean Glory Hong Kong: The cargo ship broke from her moorings in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She collided with Grosvenor Navigator ( Hong Kong) and was damaged. Ocean Glory was declared a constructive total loss and sold for scrap. [68] Saldura United Kingdom
Torpedoed and sunk on February 15, 1917, by the German U-boat U-50: R.M.S. Laconia at New York in the year 1912. RMS Laconia: 1921 Torpedoed and sunk on September 12, 1942, by U-156: RMS Laconia in the year 1921: SS Lapland: 1908 Scrapped in 1934 – Osaka, Japan SS Lapland arriving in port. SS Laurentic: 1908 Struck two mines and sank on ...
The list of shipwrecks in 2023 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2023 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The ship sank sometime in 1950 in an unknown location, probably in the Netherlands East Indies, in unknown conditions/circumstances. [105] ROCS Fang 3 Republic of China Navy: Chinese Civil War: The harbour defence motor launch was sunk. [106] ROCS Fang 8 Republic of China Navy: Chinese Civil War: The harbour defence motor launch was sunk. [106]
3 April: 43 B-24s bombed dockyards at Hong Kong. Two cargo ships were sunk and twelve hits were scored on oil storage tanks. 11 of the B-24s were damaged by anti-aircraft gunfire. [48] [49] 4 April: 41 B-24s bombed Hong Kong. Shipping in the city's harbour and docks were damaged.