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HMS Tamar (white vessel) anchored off the Naval Dockyard (1905) The former Prince of Wales Building, the main headquarters building of HMS Tamar from 1978 to 1997 A plaque engraved with the crest of HMS Tamar. Collected by Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence. At the turn of the 20th century, land adjacent to the site was needed for expansion.
Tamar (Chinese: 添馬) is a station on MTR's shelved North Island line (NIL) proposal on the north shore of Hong Kong Island. It will be located on the former site of HMS Tamar on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Tamar station will be the eastern terminus of the Tung Chung line and the western terminus of the Tseung Kwan O line. It will also act ...
HMS Tamar (1863) was an iron screw troop ship launched in 1863. She became a base ship in Hong Kong in 1897 and was scuttled in 1941. HMS Tamar (shore station) was the name for the Royal Navy's shore base in Hong Kong from 1897 to 1997, named after the initial vessel to serve as the base ship.
HMS Tamar, Base operated from 1897 to 1997 at two locations in Hong Kong; HMS Tarlair, Hydrophone training school during World War I, Hawkcraig near Aberdour; HMS Tern, RNAS Twatt, Orkney, Scotland; HMS Thunderer, Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham and Manadon, Plymouth, Devon; HMS Tormentor, Landing craft operational base, Hamble, Southampton
HMS Tamar was a Royal Navy troopship built by the Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town, London, and launched in Britain in 1863. She served as a supply ship from 1897 to 1941, and gave her name to the shore station HMS Tamar in Hong Kong (1897 to 1997).
The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for maintaining the safety and environmental protection of the Port of Hong Kong, tracking registered foreign ships, monitoring shipping traffic in Hong Kong waters, and launching search and rescue operations in the South China Sea.
HMS Tamar (white vessel) anchored off the Naval Dockyard (1905) Tamar site in 2005, PLA headquarters in background. Panorama of Tamar site in 2005. Tamar (/ ˈ t eɪ m ɑːr / ⓘ TAY-mar; Chinese: 添馬) is the administrative centre of Hong Kong located in Admiralty.
This dockyard was the final Tamar shore station prior to the handover and used briefly by the Royal Navy. The base was closed on April 11, 1997, a few months prior to the handover and centenary of HMS Tamar's arrival to Hong Kong. [2] The base was used to service 3 of the Peacock class patrol ships: HMS Peacock; HMS Plover; HMS Starling