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ex-Hilton Hotel's -WAN FU-at Guangzhou.jpg

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2019-05-19 22:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005

Moored off the White Swan Hotel and flying the flag of China at its stern

HMS Bounty replica

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2019-05-19 22:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012

A replica of HMS Bounty that roamed the harbour in recent years has apparently disappeared.

A related website stated it had been de-commissioned

Is it still in Hong Kong? If so where?

Hopefully it hasn’t met the same fate as the Hilton Hotel’s popular WAN FU and become similarly landlocked as a bar or restaurant.

I originally saw this vessel operating trips for tourists in Sydney harbour.

Presumably it motored/sailed up to Hong Kong? If so, the story of the trip could be an interesting read.

HMS Bounty replica-wedding reception.jpg

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2019-05-19 22:37
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010

Gunpowder

Submitted by isioux on Thu, 2017-01-05 20:12

Hello everyone, 

Can anyone guide me to a source of information on gunpowder trade around HK 1850s and before ?

Are there any newspapers available for this time period?

Tracing John Peter Morgan or similar name, 1850s and before, connected with spice trade, sailing, shipping.

thank you,

isioux

TRUMP PRINCESS-at the Ocean Terminal-1993

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2016-07-07 02:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1993
Places shown in this photo: 
Ocean Terminal [1966- ]

Compared with many present day Russian billionaire's pleasure vessels, Donald Trump's TRUMP PRINCESS in 1993 would now be considered to be a small boat.

AESAREA-CAESAREA ex British Rail Cross Channel ferry-1982

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2016-07-03 20:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1982

A long way from its origins.

I photographed this apparently derelict ferry in 1982. It was moored in the outer harbour.

Built in Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK in 1960 as the CEASAREA for the British Transport Commission as a cross-channel ferry to be operated by British Rail.

It took this role principally on the long distance Weymouth-Jersey, Channel Isles route, but also operated on the shorter sea crossings to Boulogne and Calais.

American air strike on harbour shipping-16 November 1943

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2016-04-02 21:22
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1943

Chinese liner GUANGHUA-ex HIGHLAND BRIGADE

Submitted by IDJ on Tue, 2016-03-29 18:09
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1973

Moored off Stonecutters Island

CONSTITUTION-drydocked Tsing Yi Island

Submitted by IDJ on Tue, 2016-03-29 18:06
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980

CONSTITUTION-drydocked Tsing Yi Island

Submitted by IDJ on Tue, 2016-03-29 18:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980

Was laid up behing Lantau Island for several years in the 1970s

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