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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 (1796) was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1796 and broken up in 1810. HMS Tamar (1814) was a 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1814, converted into a coal hulk in 1831 and sold in 1837. 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.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building [2] is the headquarters building of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison, located on Lung Wui Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong. It houses the Central Barracks. It is a 113-metre (371 ft) tall, 28-floor building located within the former HMS Tamar naval base.
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
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 is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Tamar in England, she is the fourth Batch 2 River-class vessel to be built [ 14 ] and is forward deployed long-term to the Indo-Pacific region with her sister ship HMS Spey .
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).