774 lost at sea -breaking news

Uh, where does it say that on the empty article? And is that 3:00 or 15:00? If it's 3 in the morning, that's OK. Southern China has been wrecked by storm after storm, even though I am not so sure how far out it'd go into the sea. Also, I think Hong Kong is having a typhoon in the region, maybe that caused the whole situation?

-774, at 65m and 500 tonnes, can't really be anywhere near the size of a corvette, but that's not the point here.

Hope those soldiers get a peaceful one.

sumdud said:

Uh, where does it say that on the empty article? And is that 3:00 or 15:00? If it's 3 in the morning, that's OK. Southern China has been wrecked by storm after storm, even though I am not so sure how far out it'd go into the sea. Also, I think Hong Kong is having a typhoon in the region, maybe that caused the whole situation?

-774, at 65m and 500 tonnes, can't really be anywhere near the size of a corvette, but that's not the point here.

Hope those soldiers get a peaceful one.

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here's the article...
from CDF
港船珠江口撞中国军舰 13解放军士兵失踪 2006/06/26 15:53:25
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香港26日综合电-中国中央电视台节目《军事报道》报道，一艘解放军海军轻型舰艇4天前于珠江口水域怀疑与香港货轮相撞，舰上的13名解放军人员失踪，涉案的香港货轮却不顾而去。中国当局现正调查事故原因。

中国海上搜救中心提供消息指出，事发于本月22日凌晨，当时该舰艇在珠江口水域怀疑与排水量有1万8千吨的香港货轮“太平洋冒险家号”相撞，舰艇船身受损，舰上13名军人失踪。

海事处发言人证实，本月22日凌晨3时太古集团辖下“China Navigation”公司一艘货轮，在珠江口桂山岛附近与一艘中国巡逻艇相撞。中国海事当局已召见该公司了解事件。海事处与中国当局保持联络，但目前未有详情。

据大陆网络消息，出事的廉江号774导弹护卫舰的舰艏三分一被撞断沉入海底，已知4人死亡及13人失踪，其中一名为刚从军事院校毕业的硕士军官。

这已是解放军军舰近年在珠江口航道的第二宗被撞事件。澳门国际军事学会会长黄东表示，由于774号舰艇和驻港部队 770-773号舰艇属于同一类型，驻港部队士兵也可能会在774号轮流值班，若遇事舰艇证实是774号，不排除有驻港部队人员在事件中遇难或失踪。

I didn't see the bit where it said 13 were missing...That raises it up alot higher, obviously. I apologize, I should have taken a bit more time to read it properly.

Hmmm......This reminds me of the collision of between RSS courageous and a cargo ship which results in the death of 4 navy female personnels. It was raining and high sea state at night then and the 4 died as they were off duty resting in the crew cabin. To make the matter worst, the incident happen during the height of a tension between Malaysia and Singapore over the island of Pendra Branca.