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Submitted by David on Sat, 2011-10-29 17:18
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Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2020-01-05 19:26.

From: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, Vol. 30 (1990 ), page 233

HONG KONG HONGS WITH LONG HISTORIES AND BRITISH CONNECTIONS by DAN WATERS 

The first Hong Kong built vessel, the 80-ton Celestial, was launched from a slip at East Point on 7th February 1843, and a Royal Naval Dockyard started in 1854 (this was phased out in the late 1950s).