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60
1 194
Hop Sang
Steam Launch
18 $13,000
1 195
Yanley
ET
86
$120,000
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1 196
Hailey
62
$80,000
#1
1 199
McKinley
37 $60,000
1 200
Cranley
Motor Launch
35
$80,000
1 220
Kwong Thong
Steam Launch
36
$8,000
Requisitioned by Government December 1941.
Requisitioned by Harbour Department December 1941.
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Requisitioned by Harbour Department 8.12.41.
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Stated to be requisitioned by the R..S.C., December 1941. Later scized by the Japanese.
Of the above 12 craft totalling in value $646,100, ono claim has been paid by the Navy. claim, making the total 131:-
Vanla
Cabin Cruiser
£360 or $5,600.
No information regarding loss.
Recovered by owners and sold.
No information regarding loss; not recovered.
Located at Canton under name of "Kwong Shun"; in course of recovery, but occupiers making excessive claim for repairs.
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No information regarding loss; not recovered.
Irobably used by R.A. S.C. but requisitioned by Harbour Dot.; not recovered.
In addition the Navy have paid the following
Requd. apparently by the Sea Transport Officer on 12.12.41 from ex Manager of China Fleet Club. Not found after fall of H.F.
Claim paid in full by Navy.
No other Naval settlements have come to light but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. It is known that the actual number of craft requisitioned in December 1941 was in the nature of 40. There is certainly a potential claim for other requisitioned craft and the total claim might amount to something in the order of $2,500,000, exclusive of interest. It is notable that the claims of Butterfield & Swire and of the C.P. R. Companies do not contain any reference to requisitioning of their launches, some of which must certainly have been taken. In other cases vessels are stated to have been "seized", presumably by the Japanese, but this may be a loose expression for roquisition by British authorities.
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