SS Hsin Yu was a Chinese Army transport ship that served during the Warlord Era. The 1,629-ton ship had been built in 1889. On 22 April 1916,the transport,with over a thousand enlisted men and officers on board,was in a thick fog while on its way to Foo Chow. South of the Chusan Islands,the cruiser Hai Yung accidentally collided with Hsin Yu. A foreign engineer,nine sailors,and 20 soldiers were the only survivors. The ship sank with the loss of more than 1,000 lives.[1] The date of the disaster has frequently (and mistakenly) been listed as 29 August 1916 although it occurred four months earlier.[2]
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↑ "Chinese Ship Sunk; 1,000 Die". The Sun-Herald. Lime Springs, Ia. 27 April 1916. p.6.
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