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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.
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.
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 *
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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Sembawang Shipyard is a shipyard that specialises in ship repairs and fabrication. 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.
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The still-functioning Taku Dockyard (now the Tianjin City Shipyard) was founded in 1880 and is the oldest modern dockyard in Northern China. Many small shipyards operated in the Haihe region, but most have closed in recent years or will soon close to make way for the large development projects of the Binhai Urban Core .