Early British Hong Kong Shipyards

HF: Hong Kong’s early colonial developmental history is intertwined with maritime trade. Dockyards and shipbuilding thus became one of the earliest industries of the Colony. After 1841, Hong Kong’s first dockyard was located in East Point, Causeway Bay. In 1857, the Scottish entrepreneur John Lamont built the Lamont Dock in Aberdeen.

By 1963, a few British firms combined a handful of shipyards into the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company.

1. This article was first posted on 27th February 2026.
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