Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1923
During the 1923 British Empire Exhibition advantage was taken by the Taikoo Dockyard to include a model of the "Empress of Canada" in their large dry dock, the ship having been recently overhauled in Hong Kong.
The ship can also been seen behind the Administration building (centre left) in the model of the whole dockyard in this picture<Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1923
S.S. Nanning was built by Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. in 1923 for the China Navigation Co. She was scuttled at Hong Kong in December 1941to avoid capture by Japanese forces. However, the ship was refloated, repaired and renamed “Nannin Maru” (Perhaps a mis-spelling for Nanning) .<Read more ...>
