Quartermaster, 8.3. "HONG KHENG"
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Tok Ah Chuan
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Teo Keong Khim
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(13) - Lee Teng Joo
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Miam Chin Chua
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Richard Hillyer
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Deputy Shipping Master of Hong Kong.
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED;
(A) - Warrant convening the Court.
Minutes of the proceedings.
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Evidence of witnesses.
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(E)
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(F) Statement
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Affidavit made by Captain G.D. Dodman of the
/8.3. "ORIENT CITY". Captain S. Schofield of the
/8.8. "WING SANG".
Captain "Kalin" of the /U.S.S.R. S.S. "NAHODKA".
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FINDING OF THE COURT
We find that the British vessel "Hong Khong"
registered at the Port of Singapore and owned by the Ho Hong Steamship Company, (1932), Limited, of Singapore left
the Port of Victoria, Hong Kong at about 1850 hours on
Friday the 18th day of July, 1947, and that Captain Douglas
Ronald Bannerman was Master of the vessel and had cleared
her for Swatow with 1,620 Asiatic passengers and a crew of
181 but carrying no cargo.
2.
At 2042 hours on the same day and when in a
position 173 degrees distant 2.0 miles from the island known
as the South Nine-pin the course was set 075 degrees to pass
approximately 8.0 miles off Chilang Point. The wind was
E.N.E. with a force of from 5 to 6 on the Beaufort Scale
and the visibility was fair with occasional rain storms.
3.
No alterations in the course vere made, and at
0357 hours on Saturday the 19th day of July, 1947, the "Hc
Kheng" stranded on the Reef Island rocks and subsequently
became a total los38.