MS TJIBANTJET Hong Kong 1957

MS Tjibantjet Hong Kong  - April 1957

MS Tjibantjet (Royal Interocean Lines), a passenger-cargo liner, 8,300 tons, built in 1952 in Sunderland, England was driven from her moorings and ran aground on rocks near Devil's Peak in Junk Bay, Hong Kong, during Typhoon Gloria on 22–23 September 1957.  

There were no reported casualties among the 80 crew and passengers on board (14 Dutch officers, 60 Hong Kong crew, 6 passengers).

Tjibantjet was towed to the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. at Kowloon for extensive repairs.

The Tjibantjet resumed its commercial duties on 19th May 1959.

Following an inquiry by the Maritime Court of the Netherlands, the ship's Master received a four-week suspension for failing to ride out the typhoon at sea

In March 1972, the vessel was sold and renamed the Mercury River. It was eventually sold for scrap and arrived at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 3rd December 1973 to be broken up. 

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