HMS Robin at Hong Kong Dockyard

HMS Robin at Hong Kong Dockyard

Collection

Swire, G. Warren

Identifier

Sw08-113

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw08-113.G W Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix H written in India ink. This negative is referenced H51. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference 62/VI. HMS Robin, a gunboat later stationed on the West River, is being reassembled from a 'kit' after being shipped out by the British builders, Yarrow and Co. For more on this ship see http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-23RGB-Robin.htm

Caption in album or on mount

Hong Kong DY

Location

Hong Kong

Estimated Date

1933-1934

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London