Bailey’s Shipyard – adverts

“This well-known firm of engineers and shipbuilders was founded in 1897 by Mr. W.S. Bailey, who began business as a consulting engineer and importer of steam pumps and engineers’ requisites. In 1900 Mr. Bailey was joined in partnership by Mr. E. O. Murphy, and the present works [1905] at Kowloon Bay were established…”(1)

 

Chinese Navy Gunboat Kien Yu

Forced Draft Oil Fired Ferry Boat Bataan

Oil Fired Cargo Vessel Lutong

Revenue Launch Kwong Lee

SS Hai Ning

This article was first posted on 6th March 2017.

Sources:

1. Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai and other Treaty Ports of China, ed A Wright, 1908.

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