Evening star., 1954-09-20

said were climaxed by Red
China's shooting down an un-
armed British airliner off Hainan
Island last July %, killing 10
of the passengers and crew. in
cluding three Americans. Eight
persons were rescued. including
three Americans.
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July 20: British S. S. TAX Shing
was fired on by Chinese Commu-
mist shore batteries in the vicin-
ity of Lafsami, the ships location
being possibly within 2 miles of
Lafsami.
July "a: The Panamanian ship
s. S. Flying Dragon was fired on
by Chinese Communist shore
batteries on Lafsami. The ship
was hit.
August 2: An Air France plane
was fired on by Chinese a.-a.
guns, Ladrone Island.
August 3: The 300-ton British
freighter Nambee was fired on
by Chinese Communist shore
batteries on the Nam Shan Is
lands. There were no hits and
no casualties.
August s.: The American ship
S. S. Steel Rover was fired on by
Chinese Communist shore bat
teries in the Lama Island group:
the ship was just entering Hong
Kong.
August Z: The British ship s. S.
Hand Sang was fired on by
Chinese Communist shore bat
teries in the Lama Islands: the
ship was just outside Hong Kong
waters; two British officers were
slightly wounded.
August 8: The Norwegian ship
S. S. Pleasantville was fired on
by Chinese Communist shore
batteries in the Lama Islands.
The ship was just outside Hong
Kong.
August Is: A Pacific over
seas Airways plane. under the
United States flag, was fired on
by Chinese Communist machine
guns from an island near Macao.
August II: The British de-
stroyer Concord was repeatedly
shelled by Chinese Communist
batteries on the Lama Islands,
then by batteries on the Ling
Ting Islands. One enlisted man
was wounded.
September Is: The British
ship S. S. Sing Hing was fired on
by Chinese Communist shore
batteries from the Lama Islands
group.
September II: The British
ship S. S. Mahadevi was fired on
by Chinese Communist shore
batteries in the Lama Island
group.
October Z: The Danish S. S.
Emile Maersk was fired on by
Chinese Communist shore bat
teries on the Lama Island group.
November u: The Portuguese
sloop Goncalo Velho was fired
on by Chinese Communist shore
batteries on the Lafsami Islands.
The ship was just outside Hong
Kong waters on the regular
Hong Kong g-Macao route.
December s.: A Panamanian
flagship was shelled by Chinese
Communist shore batteries off
WI. Yu Island, near Annoy. No
damage, no casualties.
December 8: The British tug
Allegiance was fired on by
shore batteries at Putao (Pak
Leak Island, in the Wan Shan
Island group. The tug was re-
turning from the rescue of the
Philippine S. s. Joseph S. The
master and two crew members
we're slightly injured.
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February 13: The British
registered Caltex II, motor
vessel was shelled by Chinese
Communist shore batteries on
ling Ting Island. The ship was
outside Hong Kong waters. The
British master and British chief
officer were injured.
April 10: The British ship
Jade Leaf on it's way from Hong
Kong to Chuen Chow was forced
by. weather conditions to anchor
near Namao Island, off Swatow
The master did not know that the
area was prohibited. The ship
was fired on by a Chinese Com
munist short battery. and later
while entering Swatow wa!
buzzed by unidentified planes.
April is: Chinese Communist
shore batteries on outer Ling
Ting Islands fired on the Brit
ish S. S. Victoria Peak, causing
some Of the cargo to ignite.
May 8: The British tug Caro-.
line Moller, while towing a barge
was fired on by Chinese Commu-
mist shore batteries on the Ling
Ting Islands.
June 8: The British S. S. Edith
Moller was shelled by a Chinese
Communist armed junk anc
shore batteries near Hong Kong
June 8: The Danish shir
Marie Skou. while going up the
Pearl River estuary. was shellec
by Chinese Communist islanc
batteries.
!. August IL: En- route from
Hong Kong to Chuanchow. the
British S. S. Jade Leaf took shell.
ter in Tang, Sang harbor. The
ship, mistaken for Nationals
vessel, was attacked by the Chi.
nese Communists. The ATTACK
resulted in the killing of tn,
boatSwain.
September 2: Between Hon,
Kong and Macao the British
flagship Yu, on the regula
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