SS Loong Sang, owned by Indo China Steam Navigation, sank in Hong Kong harbour during a typhoon, 1923
Dheeraj Khiytani has kindly sent the following information about the SS Loong Sang.
The SS Loong Sang was built in 1896 at William Gray & Company Ltd shipyard in West Hartlepool, UK.
From 1896 to 1898 she was owned by the Elder Dempster Lines Ltd – African Steamship Company.
And from 1898 to 1923 she was owned by the Indo China Steam Navigation Company.
On August 18th, 1923, the British steel cargo LOONG SANG sank after a collision, off Hong Kong waterfront.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald 20th August 1923 https://www.wrecksite.eu/docBrowser.aspx?2584?5?1
Caption on photograph: S.S. Loong Sang just after she sank. S.S. Empress of Australia riding out the typhoon in view & powerless to do anything to help. Just as this was taken the French mail S.S. André Lebon had broken cables & was drifting down on the Empress but luckily missed & went straight out to sea.
Notes on the above photograph: University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: RD-s129. Number on print: 3. The Indo-China Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Loong Sang (Loongsang) sank off the Osaka Shosen Kaisha Wharf with heavy loss of life. Photograph taken during or after the typhoon of 18th August 1923.
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This article was first posted on 27th April 2022.
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