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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

S.S. Beljeanne

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-07-09 16:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Photo of the S. S. Beljeanne built with a special cargo hold and deck configuration for the shipping of large railway locomotives

Lienshing Sinking - Naval Enquiry Report

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

Report of the Findings of the Nval Court Enquiry into the sinking of the S. S,. Lienshing

S.S. Beljeanne- Arriving Hong Hong March 1947

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

Photo of MV Beljeanne when it had arrived in Hong Kong in March 1947 with a consignment of 47 UNRRA locomotives for unloading at the KCR’s seafront railway siding.  

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