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Iranian box ship veers off to starboard and rams HK's Magazine Island
THE 4947-TEU Iranian-flagged container ship Touska suddenly turned in Hong Kong's the East Lamma Channel Sunday afternoon and mysteriously rammed sliver-like Magazine Island, once the site of the territories explosives depot.
The ship crashed into eastern tip of Magazine Island, off South Horizon, Hong Kong. Residents of South Horizon were alerted by crashing noise, watching sparks from bow's collision with ground.
According to residents, there may be fire on board of Touska, reported the Maritime Bulletin, a marine casualty specialist. "There was the smell of something burning in the air," said the report.
At the time of collision the ship was moving at high speed, some 7.5 knots and proceeding towards Hong Kong Harbour, but suddenly turned hard a starboard and crashed into island.
Magazine Island with its lighthouse, also has a Grade III Historic Building. It was built by the British Dynamite Company, which later became Nobel's Explosives Company, and was once the largest private explosives depot in Hong Kong. In 1908, the government did not renew the company's contract and the magazine was closed and the magazine works were moved to Green Island.
The ship crashed into eastern tip of Magazine Island, off South Horizon, Hong Kong. Residents of South Horizon were alerted by crashing noise, watching sparks from bow's collision with ground.
According to residents, there may be fire on board of Touska, reported the Maritime Bulletin, a marine casualty specialist. "There was the smell of something burning in the air," said the report.
At the time of collision the ship was moving at high speed, some 7.5 knots and proceeding towards Hong Kong Harbour, but suddenly turned hard a starboard and crashed into island.
Magazine Island with its lighthouse, also has a Grade III Historic Building. It was built by the British Dynamite Company, which later became Nobel's Explosives Company, and was once the largest private explosives depot in Hong Kong. In 1908, the government did not renew the company's contract and the magazine was closed and the magazine works were moved to Green Island.
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