Mermorial at Happy Valley Cemetery: Lost in a Typhoon

A memorial to crew members of a French destroyer (Fronde) who were missing and presumed dead after the ship was wrecked in a typhoon. The typhoon was accompanied by a tsunami and the disaster left and estimated 10,000 people dead.

 

 

You can see a photo of the disaster here: www.ilnprints.co.uk/Historic-Disasters-World-Disasters/c5...

 

 

Location: Hong Kong Cemetery (formerly known as Happy Valley Cemetery and Colonial Cemetery), near Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island

Date: March 2011

Camera: EOS450 D

Photo by: longzijun

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