Kenneth Andrew Salmon, son of one of the survivors of the Lisbon Maru sinking, said that he had emotional attachment to Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, because his father was rescued there, in an exclusive interview on June 17, upon his visit to the islands.

The Lisbon Maru was a Japanese freighter that carried more than 1,800 British prisoners of war from the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941. The ship was on a voyage to Japan in 1942 when it was torpedoed by a United States submarine.

It sunk about 2 kilometers off the Dongji Islands, Zhejiang, resulting in the deaths of more than 800 British soldiers. More than 300 soldiers were rescued by Chinese fishermen who were nearby.

Reporter Sun Xiaona, Li Zhenyu, Huang Ninglu

Editor Yan Yiqi

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