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Hongkong Surety This Taiwanese freighter ran aground ran aground on the Angelica Shoal in the Sunda strait on February 1977 8° 1'27.77"S /122° 0'56.21"E
Former name(s):
- Lukala (Until 1968)
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General cargo ships built 1950-1959 (Over 3000gt) - 5 photos
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crog52
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I think this wreck is HONGKONG SURETY, a Taiwanese general cargo built in 1955, as Belgian LUKALA.
Here is the story, from the book 'Modern Shipping Disasters 1963-1987', by Norman Hooke :
"While en route from Singapore to Port-Moresby with a general cargo, the Taiwanese motor vessel HONGKONG SURETY was wrecked when she ran aground in the Sunda Strait on Angelica Shoal in lat. 07°46'S, long. 122°17'E, on February 19, 1977. After being struck on board the wreck for two weeks, the crew radioed for help on March 5 when the vessel began to list in heavy seas. The wrecked vessel was eventually abandoned on March 10."
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