Template:Featured article/August 2014

An Ill-fated Ship

Tungchow was built by Taikoo Dockyard 100 years ago in 1914 for the China Navigation Company’s Shanghai-Tianjin passenger service. She was an ill-fated ship. On 18th December 1925, Tungchow was seized by pirates, 200 miles south of Weihai, when southbound from Tianjin to Shanghai and whilst in sight of another CNCo coaster, Linan. Click here for more...