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Central waterfront 1981
Submitted by Andrew Suddaby
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Andrew Suddaby

I think that these two ships were ferries sailing between Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Thursday, July 30, 1981
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Submitted by degahkg on Thu, 2019-06-13 23:34.

The ships in the picture are two out of three built in Japan for Shun Tak Shipping Company’s HK to Macau service in the early 1970s – NAM SHAN, TAI SHAN and LO SHAN. They were replaced by two high speed vessels built by Vosper Thornycroft  UK - CHEUNG KONG (1984) & JU KONG (1985). Two unique vessels which also ended up in the Philippines in 1997.

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All three vessels built by Nigata Eng. Co. Ltd. of Japan.

NAM SHAN:  built 1972 - sold 1982 to A.P. Madrigal Steamship Co. Inc. Philippines renamed MADRIGAL SURIGAO - scrapped  04/93.

TAI SHAN:  built 1972  - sold to A.P. Madrigal Steamship Co. Inc. Philippines 1982 renamed  MADRIGAL TACLOBAN  then MADRIGAL ROMBLON – scrapped 1994

LO SHAN:  built 1973  - scrapped 1996 

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