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Lienshing Sinking - Naval Enquiry - Loss of Life

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1926

 Singapore Free Press. December 1926 . Report of the  Shanghai Naval Court Enquiry

S.S. Beljeanne

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Photo of the S. S. Beljeanne built with a special cargo hold and deck configuration for the shipping of large railway locomotives

Lienshing Sinking - Naval Enquiry Report

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1926

Report of the Findings of the Nval Court Enquiry into the sinking of the S. S,. Lienshing

S.S. Beljeanne- Arriving Hong Hong March 1947

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

Photo of MV Beljeanne when it had arrived in Hong Kong in March 1947 with a consignment of 47 UNRRA locomotives for unloading at the KCR’s seafront railway siding.  

Whampoa Anchorage- Early 19th Centiry

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1840

Youqua Studio painting of the Anchorage at Whampoa (Huangpu) for foreign trading ships, early 19th Century. 

S.S.War-Sniper - launched Aug 1919

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1922

S.S. War Sniper , launched Aug 1919 and renamed S.S. Meandros . Later as sold to Court Line as Ilvington Court & sunk by torpedo 26.08.1940. 

Unloading Locomotives in Hong Kong

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

This photo shows the crane ship “Seishu Maru” with a large U.N.R.R.A locomotive suspended from its giant crane in March1947

. Modern-day map of Guangzhou showing the site of the “Whampoa” anchorage,

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2020

Modern-day map of Guangzhou showing the site of the 19th Century “Whampoa” anchorage, the Cooper Dock and Foreigners’ Cemetery.

S. S. Paludina - Launched 1921

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924

S.S. Paludina    ( one of four similar) launched Dec. 1921 

Unloading Locomotives in Hong Kong Harbour

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

Another photo of the crane ship Seishu Maru offloading a UNRRA locomotive in Hong Kong , March 1947,

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