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Stephen Nicholas Guy DAVIES [1945- ]

Status: 
Living
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Davies
Given: 
Stephen Nicholas Guy
Birth
Date: 
1945-08-28
Birthplace (town, state): 
Exmouth, Devon
Birthplace (country): 

1938 Ships in Victoria Harbour

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1938

Cropped from Hong Kong. Victoria Harbour. 1938

Many ships assembled in Victoria Harbour. I tried to identify the H labelled (probably D class) ships, also think HMS Eagle is in the back. For all others I need the help from the ship experts.

Hong Kong Navy dock-yard may be moved

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

Charles Robert PHESSE [1857-1885]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Phesse
Given: 
Charles Robert
Birth
Date: 
1857-10-12
Birthplace (town, state): 
Birmingham, Warwickshire
Death
Date: 
1885-07-12
Cause of death: 
Cholera
Birthplace (country): 

HMS STRIKER being tied up at Holt's Wharf

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

At Holt's Wharf, Peninsula hotel in background

Its a pity that more of the ship is not visible

Holt's Wharf-liberation aircraft carrier moored-1945

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

This screen grab from an IWM film shows an aircraft carrier moored at Holt’s Wharf.

Usually they have been photographed anchored mid-stream in the harbour.

HMS EAGLE-Fairey Gannets on deck-1966

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

I believe I took this photograph on an afternoon between 4-11 June 1966 from a HYF ferry departing from the Wanchai piers on Gloucester Road before the reclamation got going. Fairey Gannet anti-submarine aircraft are on the fore- deck rather than the Navy’s jets usually seen in that position in later images of HMS Eagle. This posting is related to https://gwulo.com/atom/35578#comment-52395

Spraying Hong Kong with DDT

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Can I spray you now Sir?

see also related https://gwulo.com/atom/17499

Stokers-HMS Kent-China Station-1934-1936

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Early posts discussed Royal Navy ‘stokers’ shovelling coal into boilers down in the engine rooms.

HMS KENT was a cruiser and Flagship of the China Station and a frequent visitor to Hong Kong.

Published by YE OLDE PRINTERIE LTD, Hong Kong, “An Illustrated record of her commission as flag ship of the China Station,” is a detailed diary of the cruises she undertook during 1934-36.

The book lists all the crew members of which approximately 160 are listed as ‘Stokers,’ these include various ranks of stoker. The total crew numbered 770

HMS Berwick at Hong Kong Harbour 1933

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1933

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