Bombay Reef
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Geography
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Sailing Directions describes Bombay Reef as "the southeasternmost known danger of the Paracel Islands, a steep-to reef 10 miles long E and W that surrounds a rock-strewn lagoon."[1]
A lighthouse is located on the south-west end of the reef.[1][2] It was built by the French in 1980.[3]
History
In the early hours of 20 December 1946, en route from Hong Kong to Singapore for decommissioning, HMS Aire ran aground on Bombay Reef.[4] She was spotted by chance, three days later, by the passing Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and the 85 crew, amongst them the ship's dog, were rescued with no serious casualties.[5] As a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., HMS Aire was sister ship to the famous superyacht Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
In early May 1967 the Script error: No such module "convert".[6] steel sailing schooner Dante Deo, with six men and a six-year-old boy on board,[7] was wrecked on Bombay Reef.[8] The crew were rescued on 5 May 1967 by an amphibious aircraft operated by the 37th Air Rescue Squadron.[7]
Bombay Reef is the site of numerous other shipwrecks, at least one of which is visible above water and on radar from 15 miles away.[1]
Territorial claims
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Lacking a native population, ownership of the Paracel Islands has been disputed since the early 20th century. In the aftermath of the First Indochina War until 1974 Vietnam occupied Pattle Island, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". away. Control has been enforced by the People's Republic of China since the Battle of the Paracel Islands.
Bombay Reef is administered and governed by the People's Republic of China and patrolled by the Chinese border police.
See also
- Lincoln Island (东岛/đảo Linh Côn)
- Middle Island (中岛/đảo Trung)
- North Island (北礁/đảo Bắc)
- North Reef (北岛/đá Bắc)
- Rocky Island (石岛/đảo Đá)
- South Island (南岛/đảo Nam)
- Tree Island (赵述岛/đảo Cây)
- Triton Island (中建岛/đảo Tri Tôn)
- Woody Island
Notes and references
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