SS Hsin Wah
| History | |
|---|---|
| Owner: | China Merchants Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder: | Napier and Miller |
| Launched: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Sank 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steamship |
SS Hsin Wah (simplified Chinese: 新华轮; traditional Chinese: 新華輪), or written as s. s. Hsin Wah at the time, was a steamship owned by China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, navigating between Canton City, Hong Kong, Shanghai.[1] She was built in 1921 by Messrs Napier and Miller in Glasgow. The ship was once seized by pirates of Bias Bay in 1928 and saved by a Chinese gunboat Chung Shan. She sunk in 1929 when grounded on northern rocks of Waglan, an island southeast of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, with a loss of around 400 lives.[1]
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