Text on Flickr: In the Cheung Sha Wan waterfront, an incinerator is on the left and shipyards are at the back beside Lai Chi Kok Road 1976 <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
At the time of its construction the FRANCE was claimed to be the longest ship in the world.
Initially built as an Atlantic liner, like many other such ships it was downgraded to cruising.
It made only one visit to Hong Kong where I photographed it in February 1974.
It later became the NORWAY. But due to a boiler explosion that killed several crew, it was eventually scrapped, but only as late as 2008. <Read more ...>
