CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939 — Page 72

Date of

incident

Type & No. of Junk.

Owner or Master.

Crew.

Loss or Damage Junk & Gear.

Cargo.

3.9.39

Trading Junk T1909 H.

Leung Mun of Tung run Chinese Territory.

8 males

Licence.

Arus $150-

Bananas camphor wood. $600-

5.9.39

Trading Junk

Cheng Ka

unlicensed.

Shui of

9 males

Swatow.

Junk value not given,

Sundry goods. Value not given.

Nature of incident.

Boarded by Japanese trawler off Ling Ting, Chinese waters. No injuries.

Value of

junk & gear lost not given.

Kerosene, flour & cloth $310-

Seized by Japanese off San Mun, Chinese waters, and junk set on fire. Crew 5, and 4 passengers transferred to sampans, and later rescued by fishing junk and brought to Hong Kong.

Junk set on fire by Japanese off Sau Mun, Chinese waters. Crev 6 and 3 passengers put into saupans and later rescued by fishing junk.

Junk set on fire by Japanese off trawler in Chinese waters, south of Waglan, British waters. Crew sent off in sampans.

Junk set on fire by Japanese off Sam Mun, Chinese waters. Crew sent off in a sampan.

5.9.39

Trading Junk 1387 H.

Lai Chong of San Mei, Chinese Territory.

14 males

Value of junk & gear lost not given.

6.9.39

Fishing Junk 12611 H.W.

Cheung Ki Fat of Hong Kong

19 males

7 females

6.9.39

Trading Junk T1951 H.

Leung Kam Yau of Hong Kong

14 males

Junk $500-

Matches, kerosene, medicine $3,120-

6.9.39

Fishing Boat unlicensed.

Tai of Swatow.

Wong Yam

7 males

Value not given.

Grass value not given

Junk seized by Japanese trawler No. 38 in Chinese waters, cast of Waglan, British waters. Crew of 7 forced to jump into water where they kept afloat with the help of boards thrown after then. Later picked up by British Naval boat. No loss of life.

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