Part of the
Acorn Archive
Hearts of Oak
Typhoon Rose
16th
August 1971
Athelduchess, as
the BILLY, was stranded on Lantau Island.
A few pictures
of the devastation to shipping.
Fernbank, Windfield Trader, Gallantry,
Koyohu Maru and Kaoshsiung;
Ferry Fatshan capsized in centre of bay,
resulting in the deaths of 88 people.
Pictures South China Morning Post.
Kaoshsiung
Not my idea of a houseboat;
but, seriously, this was so very close to
disaster for the occupants of these flats.
Raymond
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