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HMS Titania was a submarine depot ship, often seen in Hong Kong during 1919-1929, when she was part of the 4th Submarine Flotilla. The flotilla also included a second depot ship, HMS Ambrose, and 13 L-class submarines:  L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L15, L19, L20 and L33.

Wikipedia has a good page about HMS Titania. Here are some of the key dates mentioned there:

Copy of original available online at HKGRO. (You may need to click the link twice to see the document.)

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ANNUALLY RECURRENT WORKS.

2. Repairs to Government Buildings.—The only new building added to the list during the past year was "The Belilios School for Girls," which was completed and taken over by the Government in December 1893.

I recently found this panorama over on the Historical photos of China site. The caption had it dated 1875 but it is much earlier, probably 1864-1865 as the large building under construction in the centre is Dent's new headquarters which was completed c1866.

On a BBC TV program shown recently titled “Lost Films of WW11” amongst the first shots is a brief clip of close views of HMS TAMAR taken unusually on colour film.

Filmed by an officer on HMS KENT from his ship in 1939.

Other views of Hong Kong followed plus more taken on HMS Kent.

Kowloon City (especially the currently Lung Shing constituence) has quite a interesting history. I learnt that the area was previously scattered with several villages and later there is a development of the Kowloon Street (a local market); and then a pier that links to it. The Kai Dak reclamation also took several stages to be completed.

Hello there

I'm lucky enough to be returning to HK next month after a 25 year absence - anything changed? :)

I lived there between 1992 and 94 and am so excited about visiting again and seeing old (and new) sites. Im particularly interested in colonial HK and the police force as it would have been in the 1920s.

Could you recommend the best places to visit to see colonial buildings and/or the history of the police force from that period? I did see a youtube video about the old Central Police Station opening as a museum - would that be worth a visit?

Copy of original available online at HKGRO. (You may need to click the link twice to see the document.)

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Hi everyone!