Government Dockyard

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Government Dockyard (Chinese: 政府船塢) is a dockyard of Hong Kong Government responsible for the design, procurement and maintenance of all vessels owned by the Government.

The dockyard occupies a site of 98 hectares on the northeast coast of Stonecutters Island in Hong Kong and has an 8.3-hectare protected water basin as an operational base for vessels operated by the Marine Department. The dockyard has a shiplift system and three capable of drydocking vessels of up to 750 tonnes. An on-line computerised information system is employed to co-ordinate the maintenance activities and support services to maximise maintenance efficiency and vessel availability.^[1]

The dockyard is adjacent to is accessible by .

Former Tenants[]

This dockyard was the final Tamar shore station prior to the handover and used briefly by the Royal Navy. The base was closed on April 11, 1997 a few months prior to the handover and centenary of HMS Tamar's arrival to Hong Kong.^[2]

The base was used to service 3 of the Peacock class patrol ships:

• HMS Peacock
• HMS Plover
• HMS Starling

The ships remained at the decommissioned base before being sold to the Philippine Navy.

Current tenants[]

List of government departments with vessels serviced here:

• Hong Kong Police launches
• Hong Kong Fire Services fireboats
• Hong Kong Marine Department vessels
• Hong Kong Customs and Excise vessels

See also[]

• Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base - PLA base that replaced Tamar
• People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison
• Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building - former Tamar shore station
• Central Government Complex, Tamar and Tamar site - location of naval basin for HMS Tamar

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