sentences:  , which had been in the vicinity, picked up 78 more, while the "Wollongong" saved the last two persons on the now-sinking ship, its master (captain) and chief-engineer.There were a total of 16 deaths on the "Empress of Asia" which resulted from when she was attacked and destroyed.The ship finally sank near the small island of Sultan Shoal (then located in the western harbour-approaches of Singapore, presently between the West Jurong and AlGas Anchorages beside Temasek Fairway) about to the southwest of the western tip of the mainland of Singapore Island.