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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.
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]
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Owned by SembCorp Marine, the shipyard has the deepest dry dock in Southeast Asia. Formerly a British naval base, the shipyard was built in 1938 as the Sembawang Naval Base. After Singapore's independence, the naval base was converted into a commercial shipyard under the management of Sembawang Corporation (now known as SembCorp). [3]
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In July 1977 Aramoana left Wellington to be rebuilt by Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore to carry 800 passengers to meet the increased traffic, following the withdrawal in 1976 of the Union Company's Wellington to Lyttelton service. [9] [10] It re-entered service in December 1977. [11] [12]