BIAS BAY PIRATES
SEIZURE OF STEAMEE
ESCAPE WITH LOOT
HONG KONG, May 27. An audacious piracy, almost within British waters, occurred last night, fourteen armed' pirates overpowering the officers of a steamer named the Prominent. After shooting Captain Jensen in the leg, they threw the second officer off the bridge to the deck below and then steered the ship to Bias Bay. : After looting the vessel they escaped in the ship's lifeboats to Ping Shan Island with the booty. A police launch pursued the pirates some distances, but the, first and second officers were used as shields against the police fire. The Prominent is a rice-carrier between Hong Kong and Saigon. The Prominent is a Norwegian steamer of 2282 tons owned by H. M. Wrangel and Co., of Haugesund.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 124, 29 May 1933, Page 7
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