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 Walker Brothers Poster434 viewsMy thanks to Hilary Youngman for this photoMar 28, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Fishing in the Dockyard (2)413 views1963. Peter Banks after a nights fishing off a floating dock in the Naval Dockyard. A good catch of Ikan Tenggiri. (Malay name). A shoal of these fish were found to be circling a couple of metres down under the overhanging floodlights at the end of the dock. A difficult fish to eat due to the mass of small bones in the flesh but our amah pound the whole fish into a paste and made them into tasty fish balls. Mar 27, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Fishing in the Dockyard414 views1964. Colin Banks holding up an Ikan Cermin (Malay name) caught whist fishing from a floating dock in the Naval Dockyard. A little bit of trick photography has been used for fun but it was a nice big fish. Because they are a flat and thin fish they are able to put up a tremendous fight when caught.Mar 27, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Japanese Occupation. Dockyard Store Houses.386 viewsA view from Kings Avenue over the Stores Basin and Store Houses 1945. Note bomb damage to nearest store house roof. Photo curtesy of Mr Earland Clear. Chief Civil Engineer Singapore Dockyard 1945 - 1946 Mar 27, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Japanese Occupation. Dockyard Main Gate334 viewsDockyard Main Gate 1945. As found after Japanese occupation. Note abandoned Japanese trucks. Photo curtesy of Mr Earland Clear Chief Civil Engineer Singapore Dockyard 1945 - 1946. Mar 27, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Japanese Occupation. HMS Rotherham takes surrender433 views1945. September 6th. Captain of HMS Rotherham H W Biggs D.S.O.; R.N. sailed into Singapore Naval Dockyard and took the formal surrender of the Japanese 10th Zone Fleet. Although the dockside was deserted with just a small Japanese party to agree the surrender they found 34,000 Japanese on the base. 'Rotherham Gate' was named in honour of this event. Photo compliments of the HMS Rotherham Association.(Possibly now dissolved) Mar 14, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Japanese Occupation. B29 Superfortress395 views1945. American Airforce B29 Superfortress aircraft over Singapore Royal Naval Base. One such raid sank the Admiralty Floating Dock IX allegedly after the Japanese had already surrendered.Mar 14, 2025
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 Singapore - German sailors march along Connaught Drive.405 views1945. 250 Germans including the Crews of U-boats 181 & 862 are marched along Connaught Drive. They kept spirits up by whistling and singing and marching in formation. They were later used by the British to carry out repairs to the Naval Base and Singapore. Photo compliments of Dieter Hille Chief Engineering Officer of U-181. Dieter and a few of his crew were picked by the Royal Engineers to repair an Ice Making Factory in Singapore. They succeeded after which Japanese PoW's were used to manhandle the ice.Mar 14, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Japanese Occupation U-Boats363 views1945. German U-boats U-181 and U-862 alongside IJN battleship 'Myoko'. The U-boats were trying to trade mercury for raw materials for Germanys high spec steel manufacture but were trapped in Singapore after the fall of Germany. The Japanese commandeered the subs and renamed them I-501 and I-502 respectively. Photo compliments of Dieter Hille Chief Engineering Officer of U-181 who was 'requested' to train the Japanese to operate his boat. Dieter and the crews were kept in huts just outside Changi Prison. Mar 14, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Accommodation. No 1 Singles Mess A Blk346 viewsNaval Base Accommodation. No 1 Mess 'A' Block on Beaulieu Road in 1957. Built by the main contractor Sir John Jackson in the early 1920's to house his staff. Built conveniently close to Beaulieu House a planters property requisitioned to be used by Navy Dept staff supervising the contract. On completion of the build of the Naval Base the block was converted to a mess for single civilian men posted from the UK to work at the Dockyard. Beaulieu House became the Chief of Staffs House.Mar 14, 2025
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 Singapore Naval Base - Accommodation. No 1 Singles Mess 'B' Blk360 viewsNaval Base Accommodation. No 1 Mess 'B' Block on Beaulieu Road in 1957. Built by the main contractor Sir John Jackson in the early 1920's to house his staff. Built conveniently close to Beaulieu House a planters property requisitioned to be used by Navy Dept staff supervising the contract. On completion of the build of the Naval Base the block was converted to a mess for single civilian men posted from the UK to work at the Dockyard. Beaulieu House became the Chief of Staffs House. Mar 14, 2025
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 TigerBalm-26234 viewsMar 07, 2025
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