Happy endings are not associated with shipwrecks for a reason. But if might be that the sinking of the Tek Sing – tragic as it undoubtedly was – could be seen as the best outcome for a worst case scenario due it’s historical contributions when it’s porcelain cargo was discovered in 1999, a 150 years after the sinking that claimed 1,500 lives. After all, how often does one hear about a bona fide sunken treasure ship?
But what led to the Tek Sing being dubbed ‘Titanic of the East’? And how much of the disaster could have been avoided, and how were it’s secrets discovered over a two centuries later?
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