Hong Kong United Dockyard
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香港聯合船塢) or simply United Dockyard (聯合船塢) is a dockyard in Shek Wan
Shek Wan
Shek Wan was a bay in the western part of Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. North West Tsing Yi Interchange was built near the place. It was reclaimed for Hong Kong United Dockyards....
, on the Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. HUD was formed in 1973 from the merger of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock was a Hong Kong dockyard once among the largest dockyards in Asia. Founded in 1863 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland, the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company...
(1863) and Taikoo Dockyard
Taikoo Dockyard
Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company was a dockyard located in the present-day Taikoo Shing and part of Taikoo Place of Quarry Bay on the north shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.-History:...
(1902 or 1905). It is jointed owned by Hutchison Whampoa
Hutchison Whampoa
Hutchison Whampoa Limited or HWL of Hong Kong is a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HWL is an international corporation with a diverse array of holdings which includes the world's biggest port and telecommunication operations in 14...
and Swire. The HUD facilities in Tsing Yi replaced the Whampoa Dockyard in Hung Hom
Hung Hom
Hung Hom is an area of Kowloon, in Hong Kong, administratively part of the Kowloon City District, with a portion west of the railway in the Yau Tsim Mong District. Hung Hom serves mainly residential purposes though is mixed with some industrial buildings in the north.-Geography:Hung Hom is located...
and the Taikoo Dockyard
Taikoo Dockyard
Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company was a dockyard located in the present-day Taikoo Shing and part of Taikoo Place of Quarry Bay on the north shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.-History:...
in Quarry Bay
Quarry Bay
Quarry Bay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. The western portion of the area was also formerly known as Lai Chi...
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Today HUD's main business is:
- salvage and towage
- shiprepair
- land based engineering projects
Instead of a fixed dockyard, it uses a floating dockyard to perform repairs in Tsing Yi. Named United, it was acquired in 1995.
Boats Built
- Sea Lion class command boats 1965 – 2 for Hong Kong Police Marine Region (retired 1993)
- Sea Rover class command boats 1955-56 – 6 for Hong Kong Police Marine Region