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SS Shuntien was a coastal passenger and cargo liner of the British-owned The China Navigation Company Ltd (CNC). She was built in Hong Kong in 1934 and sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean Sea with great loss of life in 1941. A Royal Navy corvette rescued most of Shuntien's survivors, but a few hours later the corvette too was sunk and no-one survived.

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  • SS Shuntien (1934)
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  • SS Shuntien was a coastal passenger and cargo liner of the British-owned The China Navigation Company Ltd (CNC). She was built in Hong Kong in 1934 and sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean Sea with great loss of life in 1941. A Royal Navy corvette rescued most of Shuntien's survivors, but a few hours later the corvette too was sunk and no-one survived.
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  • Approximate position of Shuntiens wreck: just off the coast of Cyrenaica east of Tobruk
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  • 304(xsd:integer)
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  • 24(xsd:double)
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  • yes
Ship caption
  • Photograph reproduced courtesy of WikiSwire
  • SS Shuntien in civilian service, 1934–41
  • The icebreaker shape of her bow is clearly visible
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  • 300(xsd:integer)
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  • --12-23
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  • 32(xsd:double)
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  • SS Shuntien was a coastal passenger and cargo liner of the British-owned The China Navigation Company Ltd (CNC). She was built in Hong Kong in 1934 and sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean Sea with great loss of life in 1941. A Royal Navy corvette rescued most of Shuntien's survivors, but a few hours later the corvette too was sunk and no-one survived.
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