Steamships at Hong Kong Dockyard

Title : Steamships at Hong Kong Dockyard

Topic : Warren Swire collection

Year : 1933-1934

Location : Unknown

Date (start) : 1933

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Negative

Caption on support : Album cover: B&S, H, 1933/4 Nos 1-53; 1938 Nos 54-62; 1940 63-79. Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 51, two negatives: Hong Kong DY

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: sw08-113.G W Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix H written in India ink. This negative is referenced H51. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference 62/VI. HMS Robin, a gunboat later stationed on the West River, is being reassembled from a 'kit' after being shipped out by the British builders, Yarrow & Co. For more on this ship see http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-23RGB-Robin.htm

Keywords : Swire;steamer;steamship;railway;cable