{{Infobox news event | title = 2019 Reed Bank incident | image = Fishing Banca Gem-Ver's stern after Reed Bank incident.jpg | caption = F/B Gem-Ver'''s truncated stern is evident in this image taken after the incident | date = | time = 11:50 PM PST | place = Reed Bank, South China Sea | coordinates = | also known as = | participants = F/B Gem-Ver Yuemaobinyu 42212 TGTG-90983-TS| reported deaths = | outcome = Filipino vessel sunk, 22 Filipino fishermen rescued by Vietnamese counterparts | inquiries = Investigation initiated by Philippine Coast Guard and Maritime Industry Authority; joint Sino-Filipino investigation pending | charges = | convictions = | litigation = | map = }} The 2019 Reed Bank incident occurred when F/B Gem-Ver, a Philippine fishing boat anchored in Reed Bank in the South China Sea, sank after it was rammed by a Chinese vessel, Yuemaobinyu 42212, during the early morning hours of 9 June 2019. The stricken vessel's crew was later rescued by a Vietnamese fishing vessel. An independent investigation by Philippine authorities later determined that the Chinese vessel involved in the incident failed to undertake measures to avoid colliding with the F/B Gem-Ver and abandoned the stricken boat's crew in violation of maritime laws. BackgroundF/B Gem-Ver sailed from San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, on 29 May 2019, with 22 crewmen led by captain Junel Insigne. The vessel was rammed and sunk on 9 June 2019 by another ship described as Chinese by the crew while anchored near Reed Bank in the South China Sea. The whole sea is claimed by China as its territory, while a 2016 arbitration ruling determined the area to be within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. The ship that rammed F/B Gem-Ver left the crew floating at sea. Two of the crewmen managed to reach TGTG-90983-TS, a Vietnamese fishing vessel, after two hours of paddling; the rest of the crew were later rescued by this Vietnamese vessel, which sailed from Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam, in the southern Mekong Delta. The Filipino crewmen were turned over to the Philippine Navy and were taken aboard BRP Ramon Alcaraz. All but one of the 22 crew members returned home to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, on 14 June 2019. A lone crewman was left behind to oversee the towing of the barely floating wreckage of their wooden boat back to its home port in San Jose. Jay