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English: The British coastal steamship Kung Wo at Shanghai, China, in the 1920s. She was built in Hong Kong in 1921 for the Yangtze river service of the
English: Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
She reached Singapore in December 1941 and was requisitioned as a minelayer. In passage from Singapore to Australia, Kung Wo was damaged by a Japanese air attack on 14 February 1942 off Banka Island by Japanese aircraft, and later sank.
Date 1920s
date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 77128 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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