HM DOCKYARD SINGAPORE
This Singapore Dockyard page is in recognition of the many UK Dockyard Officers and Local employees who made it and our ships work so well so far from home.
This Singapore Dockyard page is in recognition of the many UK Dockyard Officers and Local employees who made it and our ships work so well so far from home.
My thanks for all the pictures. Except where noted they are from Alf Lawson (Shipwright/Diver HMD Chatham & Singapore). (In case you wonder Alf and Edward are not related)
HMS MULL OF KINTYRE (1945-1969) with a Ton Class minesweeper alongside. (Pic. Terry Gosling)
MULL with (L) HMS WOOLASTON camouflaged. (R) FORD Class Seaward Defence Boats (SDB's) and a TON sweeper
KGVI Dock. QUEEN MARY (1936-1967* (*Seagoing) to date Hotel Ship at Los Angeles. (R) QUEEN ELIZABETH (1940-1972) both fitting-out at Singapore for trooping late 1940.
HMS KENT (1928-1948) and HMS SUFFOLK (1927-1948) bottom clean in Admiralty Floating Dock IX at Singapore in 1936
French Navy Ship ARROMANCHES (1946-1974) (Ex HMS COLOSSUS (1944-1946) Bottom clean in KGVI Dock 1952.
HMS UNICORN (1943-1960), HMS OCEAN (1945-1962), Colony Class cruiser & Ed Lawson, Local Tug in the 1950's
HMS BARFOIL (1942-1971) (CO Lt Cdr Tommy Goodwin) early 1950's (Pic.His daughter Jane Richards), (R) Post-refit 1960. (Pic. Jeremy Hellier )
HMS BELFAST (1939-1971*) in KGVI Dock 1952 during Korean War. * To date Museum Ship in the Pool of London.
HMS BARROSA (1947-1978) (Top) fresh from a Singapore docking 1968 and at speed off Aden a year earlier (Pics. Jim Delleur)
The essential shore-side transport had to be looked after as well! (Pics. Ed Lawson)
And finally!
The Dockyard. Now the civil 'Sembawang Shipyard' RNZN ship in the 'Stores Basin' to the left in 2002.
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This HM DOCKYARD SINGAPORE section first published online 2003 and since revised.