S3-E12 - American Luxury Cruise Ship Runs into Green Island (1937)
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
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The President Hoover's Tilt
The Tkau Club is a superb resource for the early history of Gao-Shang. The bright flares and the loud noises of the ship's hull on the reef, well, it woke the local people who in their sleepy confusion thought it was fighting. There was a lot of oil, and it oiled the sea and the beach. It had initially grounded 500 meters out, and now it's just 100 meters offshore. And the ship is starting to lean. Um, John, what would be the nautical word for that? Maybe tilt?
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