page_title: Kau Yi Chau
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kau Yi Chau / History
caption_attribution_description: English: USS Safeguard (ARS-25) (inboard) and USS Grasp (ARS-24) (outboard) conducting salvage operations of USS Regulus (AF-57) after she ran aground on a reef at Kau I Chau Island off the coast of Hong Kong following the passing of Typhoon Rose on 16-17 August 1971.
context_page_description: Kau Yi Chau, also known as Tai Kau Yi Chau, is an uninhabited island located west of Victoria Harbour, between Peng Chau and Green Island in Hong Kong. It is located on the crossroad of sea routes, east to west and north to south. The ferry between Central and Mui Wo sails close to the south of the island. Administratively it is part of Islands District.
context_section_description: In 1971, the United States Navy ship USS Regulus (AF-57) riding out typhoon Rose grounded on Kau Yi Chau. After three weeks of attempting to refloat Regulus, it was finally decided that the damage she had incurred was too severe to warrant salvage.
  The island was part of the blueprint of Port and Airport Development Strategy.  A container port was drawn between the proposed reclamation between Lantau Island and Kau Yi Chau.  A proposed cross harbour tunnel connects the reclamation and another proposed reclamation of Green Island.  The plan was not realised as a result of prolonged disagreement between the governments of Britain and the PRC.
caption: USS Regulus (AF-57) grounded on Kau Yi Chau in 1971.
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