2ik7ns-AW_ Sat, 06/06/2020 - 20:32 oldernewer Date picture taken 1950s Shows place(s) Blake Pier (1st generation, 1st location) [1900-1965] Log in or register to post comments Comments That looks like one of the That looks like one of the military landing craft that the army used: https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/1076/photos-gallery Log in or register to post comments Thank you. It seems strange Thank you. It seems strange that such a vessel would appear to be using the main dock area utilised by the ferries. Would this have been normal? Log in or register to post comments Just guessing, but I can Just guessing, but I can imagine soldiers travelling from Sham Shui Po to Central asking for a lift on a landing craft that was heading in that direction. Log in or register to post comments Re: View Blake Pier on the right. The tip of Douglas Steamship Wharf on the left. Log in or register to post comments
That looks like one of the That looks like one of the military landing craft that the army used: https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/1076/photos-gallery Log in or register to post comments
Thank you. It seems strange Thank you. It seems strange that such a vessel would appear to be using the main dock area utilised by the ferries. Would this have been normal? Log in or register to post comments
Just guessing, but I can Just guessing, but I can imagine soldiers travelling from Sham Shui Po to Central asking for a lift on a landing craft that was heading in that direction. Log in or register to post comments
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That looks like one of the
That looks like one of the military landing craft that the army used:
https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/1076/photos-gallery
Thank you. It seems strange
Thank you. It seems strange that such a vessel would appear to be using the main dock area utilised by the ferries.
Would this have been normal?
Just guessing, but I can
Just guessing, but I can imagine soldiers travelling from Sham Shui Po to Central asking for a lift on a landing craft that was heading in that direction.
Re: View
Blake Pier on the right. The tip of Douglas Steamship Wharf on the left.