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I am trying to determine the drydock that held the American freighter Admiral Y.S. Williams just before the Japanese invasion in December 1941. I know the ship was 324 feet long and that it was drydocked in Kowloon. I assume this means the HK & Whampoa dockyard, but maybe the Cosmopolitan dockyard had a drydock large enough to take the Admiral Williams? Does anyone know which drydocks in Kowloon could hold a ship of this size?
I just want to post this link of a 244 page unclassified document for reference I found by acccident before I lose it by casually surfing onto another web page! This would be interesting for students of the history of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Lots of hard to find information during this murky period of Hong Kong's history.
I have uploaded some pictures several times in general instead of to a Gallery. How do I remove those extra copies and photos that I should not have uploaded?
Chong-Sha-Wan (Cheung Sha Wan) Picnic House
Situated in the middle of the above village, on the border of, and about 20 yards from the sea. Opposite the Garden of Stone Cutter's Island, only a quarter-of-an hour's pull from the same.
Hong Kong Colonial Military Lands account (1900-1940)
Guest author Peter Crush introduces a little-known resource with valuable information about the development of Hong Kong's industry and infrastructure in the early 20th century.
THE FAR EASTERN REVIEW
(Monthly Journal published in Manila & then later Shanghai 1904 - 1941)
I believe I now have the final line-up of the owners/residents of the earliest houses in Broadwood Road for the years 1916-1918. I have added the Gwulo links to their names, so that more of their family stories can be read. It will be apparent that several of the owners were extremely wealthy and that different nationalities and religions are represented. Some families had lived in Hong Kong for several generations and built up their wealth gradually. Whether any of the families would have been entitled to own a house on the Peak, I am not sure.
I was going through some of my map books of Hong Kong when I found some small passages (not much info) inside. Extract sentences below.
At that time the British Hong Kong Government didn't apply the metric system (Year 1977) yet and the MSs' were sprung up all over Castle Peak Road. It was anoymous who and when those were taken away.