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Clutha River

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1914 Clutha River British Empire S.N. Co. Ltd.
1915 Rhodesian Transport Empire Transport Co. Ltd.
1933 Alice Moller L.B. Moller
1935 Alice Moller N.E.A. Moller.
1936 Alice Moller Moller Line Ltd.
1946 Ling Yung Zui Kong S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

With 1,270 Chinese troops & passengers on board Ling Yung was wrecked at Masu Bay, Formosa  on 29 October 1948. British men from HMS Cossack performed a rescue using a life line. Lieutenant Commander W. Dennis swam through rough seas to attach the line.