otherwise killed by the Japanese while swimming away from the wreck. The ship was not marked to alert Allied forces to the nature of its passengers. The Japanese government insisted that British prisoners were in fact not deliberately killed by Japanese soldiers and criticised the British statement. Aftermath A Lisbon Maru memorial was placed in the chapel of Stanley Fort, Hong Kong. It was moved to the chapel of St. Stephen's College, Hong Kong with Hong Kong's change in sovereignty. A reunion of Lisbon Maru survivors was held on board on 2 October 2007 to mark the 65th anniversary of their escape. Six former prisoners attended, alongside many families of the escapees. In popular culture The album Tarot Sport by the British electronic band Fuck Buttons features a track named The Lisbon Maru. Band member Benjamin John Power's grandfather survived the torpedoing of the ship. See also List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines References Further reading Major (Ret'd) Brian Finch, MCIL, "A Faithful Record of the 'Lisbon Maru' Incident" (translation from Chinese with additional material) published by Proverse Hong Kong, in the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series, 2017. External links The fall of Hong Kong which led to transportation of prisoners on the Lisbon Maru The full roll of those who perished on the Lisbon Maru Sinking of Lisbon Maru Time to Unseal the Lison Maru Incident, an incomplete documentation of the rescue effort made by local Chinese fishermen IWM Interview with survivor George Bainborough IWM Interview with survivor Jack Hughieson IWM Interview with survivor Charles Jordan IMW Interview with survivor Andrew Salmon IWM Interview with survivor Montague Truscott IWM Interview with survivor Alf Shepherd 1920 ships Cargo ships Maritime incidents in October 1942 Ships sunk by American submarines Troop ships World War II shipwrecks in the East China Sea Japanese hell ships British World War II prisoners of war Military history of Canada during World War II