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Plan of the Kowloon Dockyard in the 1900s
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock c. 1908
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock c. 1908

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Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock

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Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock was a Hong Kong dockyard, once among the largest in Asia. Founded in 1866 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland, the Hong...

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Hutchison Whampoa

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of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. He pursued an aggressive path of diversification. He acquired A.S. Watson, Davie, Boag and Co. Ltd., Hong Kong and Whampoa...

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Royal Hong Kong Regiment

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the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company. These armoured cars played an important role in the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. The Hong Kong Defence...

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Hung Hom

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process. Later a town was developed eastward parallel to the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. Hung Hom was renamed to "Yamashita District" during the Japanese...

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Whampoa

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in Hong Kong Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, the eventual owner of the Whampoa Dock, Whampoa Garden, A.S. Watson & Co., Superdrug, and Hutchison...

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USS Leyte

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USS Leyte (1887), was a 151-ton Spanish gunboat built in 1887 in Hong Kong by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock and captured during the Spanish–American War. The vessel...

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Kaimei Maru

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by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company. Kaimei Maru, then known as British ship War Bomber, was ordered by London's Shipping Controller and was built...

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Whampoa Garden

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Whampoa Garden (Chinese: 黃埔花園; Jyutping: wong4 bou3 faa1 jyun4) is the largest private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built on...

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Bill Wyllie

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his career as a "corporate doctor" in Hong Kong; and most notably for his role in setting up Hutchison Whampoa. In 2003, Australia's Business Review Weekly...

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2013 Hong Kong dock strike

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The 2013 Hong Kong dock strike was a 40-day labour strike at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal. It was called by the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD)...

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List of shipbuilders and shipyards

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Shipyard International Jiangnan Shipyard Yantai Raffles Shipyard Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock (established 1863, merged 1973 into Hongkong United Dockyards)...

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USS Mariveles

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in 1886 by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong; purchased by the War Department in 1898; transferred to the Navy on 2 May 1899; and commissioned...

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Burns Philp

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built in Hong Kong in 1938 by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company. Operated on the Australia to Papua, New Guinea and Solomon Islands service and was involved...

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Douglas Lapraik

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and building two more at Aberdeen and Whampoa, Lapraik co-founded the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company together with Jardine Matheson & Company and...

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USS Quiros

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and the Spanish–American War. Quirós was constructed as a schooner-rigged, composite gunboat for the Spanish Navy by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company...

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Cosmopolitan Dock

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Cosmopolitan Dock (Chinese: 大同船塢; Jyutping: daai6 tung4 syun4 ou3) was one of the major dockyards in Hong Kong. Founded in 1880 and located on the exterior...

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USS Banaag

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served during World War II. She was laid down at the Hong Kong shipyard of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd. as a copper-sheathed composite hull tug...

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Hong Kong Tramways

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Hong Kong Tramways (HKT) is a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge tram system in Hong Kong. Owned and operated by RATP Dev, the tramway runs on Hong Kong...

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Hongkong United Dockyards

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waan1), on Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong. HUD was formed in 1973 from the merger of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock (1863) and the Taikoo Dockyard (1902 or...

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HMS Li Wo

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Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company for the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Ltd. for service on the Yangtze River. In 1940 she was requisitioned and...

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Taikoo Dockyard

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on the working account and 20 before a dividend was declared. The dockyard's chief competitor was the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company from whom the...

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