Early ship building in Hong Kong
HF: From 1757 up to the outbreak of the Opium War, Guangzhou was China’s only trading port.
A late 19th century photograph of a crowded Guangzhou harbour. Source: unknown
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.
Built by John Lamont in 1857, this dock in Aberdeen was Hong Kong’s only dry dock at the time. Source: Hong Kong Memory Project
Undated image of John Lamont Source: Alamy
Source: Hong Kong Memory Project
This article was first posted on 10th February 2026.
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