Because the tug sank so quickly. the Master and crew, barely eseapiny with their lives, were unable to beach the vessel or to eltwr her from the channel, The hydrographer of the Chinese Navy, reports that the St, Aubin is wrecked about 800 west of No, 11 mooring buoy, near the New Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, in Section 9 of the harbour No, 16 buoy has been removed to make room for a swinging berth near' thig point, The ~wreck isa danger to" navigation, and Customs have displayed the necessary warning signals by day and night.
The St. Aubin is 471 gross tonnage. with! 1,260 hip. engines. She is 135)
long, with a beam of 29 feet,
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