Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock

This former dock produced the following ships:

- USC&GS Fathomer (1904). This ship was sunk in the Bataan Peninsula in 1942.
- SS Changte (1925). Royal Navy.
- SS Taiping (1926). Royal Navy.
- HMS Li Wo. Royal Navy. Sunk at Singapore in 1942.
- HMAS Matafele. Royal Navy. Sunk on 20 June 1944.
- SS Empire Almond. Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
- SS Gyōkū Maru. Torpedoed on 18 september 1944.

Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock was bombed by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1942, resulting in many casualties.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons