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Steamers built by Taikoo Dockyard - c.1912

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2021-06-16 11:20
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912

Photos of steamships and launches built in Hong Kong by Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co.

This page  from  "The Far Easter Review: of June 1912 shows:

S.S "Tencho Maru ' built for the South Manchuria Railway Comapny

Steam Tug "Taikoo" built by Taikoo for their own use.

Steam launch " Miley" for the U.S Army's Quartermaster's Department of Manila. 

For more information about the Taikoo Dockyard's activities see this Forum Topic 

HK & Whampoa Dock Co.'s No.1 Dock & facilities

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924

13. No.1 Dock , Saw Mill & New Building Berths.    

Ship 'Empress of Japan 'in Dock No.1

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1931

Views of 'Empress of Japan' in  Dock No.1, January 15th 1931 

Model of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dockyard

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924

Model of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dockyard exhibited at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in London. The model incorporated displayed their proposed new 1200 ft.-long Graving dock intended for construction to begin that year. ( indicated by the blue marker).   

View- Ship 'Empress of Japan 'in Dock No.1

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1931

Ships Built by HK & Whampoa Dockyard 1921 -024

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924

a) S.S. Hektor launched March 1921 . 

b)  S.S Hellen  launched June 1921 .The Hellen was sunk by torpedo 22.12.1941. 

Car Ferry Kanlaon

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1931

Car Ferry “ Kanlaon” built by HK & Whampoa Dockyard in 1931 for inter-island service between Ililo and Pulupandan in the Philippines. 

S.S. Lienshing - Report of Sinking

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1926

Hongkong Daily Press Cutting from 13th December 1926 reporting the sinking of the S.S. Lienshing

 

Letter from KCR to HK & Whampoa Dock Co.

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

Letter from Acting KCR to HK & Whampoa Dockyard asking for reinstatement of the railway track connecting the dockyard light railway to the KCR depot. 

Lienshing Sinking - Naval Enquiry - Loss of Life

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1926

 Singapore Free Press. December 1926 . Report of the  Shanghai Naval Court Enquiry

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