CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939 — Page 74

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Date of

incident.

Type & No. of Junk.

13.9.39

Trading Junk 1724 H.

Owner or Master.

Kwok Ping of Macau.

Crew.

9 males 3 females 2 children

17.9.39

Class IV 5231 Y.

17.9.39

Fishing Junk 884 H.C.

18.9.39

Trading Junk 13512 II.

Lam Yuk of San lei, Chinese Territory.

Chan Hang Tsan of Shun Tak, Chinese Territory.

Cheng Kam of Chiu Chau,

Chinese Territory.

Loss or Damage. Junk & Gear.

Cargo.

5 malos

1 oar $10--

13 males

5 females

Junk $1,000- Gear $100-

Cargo dumped pigs, oggs chickens value $137-

Nature of incident.

Attacked by Japanese acroplanos at San lei, Chinese Territory, and machine gunned. 3 females killed, 1 male,

1 female and 1 child wounded, received treatment in Hong Kong.

Boarded by Japanese from trawler off Sau Mun, Chincso va tors. No violence.

Seized by Japanese off Nim Wan in British waters. Crew sent off in dinghy, and junk burnt.

21 males.

Junk & gear. Value not given.

19.9.39

Trading Junk T2412 H.

Lam Chan To of Chiu Chau Chinese

9 males

Junk $600- Arms $150-

Territory.

20.9.39

Fishing Junk 844 H.C.

Chau Hang Sheung

20.9.39

Fishing Boat 36650!

Yu Mai of Hoi Fung, Chinese Territory.

7 males

Junk $250- Property

$ 98-

Garlic valuc $4,000- Chinese currency.

Garlic carrots & seed

$2,600-

Fired on by Japanese destroyer off Sam Eun, Chinoso vators. Crow scat off in salpan. Junk set on fire and sunk. No injury inflicted. Crow later picked up by H.M. S. Bideford and brought to Hong Kong.

Scized by Japanese trawler off Sen Mun, Chinese waters. Crew sent off in sampan. Junk set on fire.

Attacked by Japanese in motor boat and set on fire in Decp Bay off She Hau in British waters.

Scized by Japanese trawler in Chinese waters off Lema Islands. Crow pushed into water. Later rescued by British M.T. B. No.10.

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