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His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, also Her Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore (HMNB Singapore), alternatively known as the Singapore Naval Base, Sembawang Naval Base and HMS Sembawang, was situated in Sembawang at the northern tip of Singapore and was both a Royal Navy shore establishment and a cornerstone of British defence policy (the Singapore strategy) in the Far East between the World Wars.
Keppel Shipyard: Singapore: Tuas: Tuas Dock 350 66.0 [38] Raffles Dock 355 60.0 Temasek Dock 301 52.0 Benoi: No. 1 drydock 350 60.0 No. 2 drydock 300 60.0 Gul: Floating Dock No. 1 190 33.0 Floating Dock No. 2 120 27.0 Floating Dock No. 4 158 23.0 Sembawang Shipyard (Sembcorp) Singapore: Woodlands: Premier 384 64.0 8.5 [37] President 290 48.0 8.5 *
These names were given during the previous British administration, and reflect the town's history as a British naval base. The main river running through Sembawang, the 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) long Sungei Sembawang, flowed along a winding route and ended to the west of Sembawang Shipyard.
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The base was then largely converted into a commercial dockyard, known as Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd. [4] However, some facilities were retained and maintained by ANZUK, an alliance between Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to defend Singapore and Malaysia after the United Kingdom withdrew its forces from the East of Suez. [5]
The Former Admiralty House (Malay: Gedung Lama Laksamana; Chinese: 旧海军部屋; pinyin: Jiù Hǎijūnbù Wū) is a historic building, located at Old Nelson Road within the Sembawang Planning Area in the North Region of Singapore. The building was used as the administration building of Furen International School (FIS) until November 2019 and ...
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Jurong Island is an island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore.It was formed from the amalgamation of seven offshore islands, the islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek Kechil (also called Terumbu Pesek), Pulau Sakra (which was a previous merger of Pulau Sakra and Pulau Bakau), Pulau Seraya, Pulau Meskol, Pulau Mesemut ...