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Hongkong United Dockyards (Chinese: 香港聯合船塢; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 lyun4 hap6 syun4 ou3) abbreviated to United Dockyards (聯合船塢; lyun4 hap6 syun4 ou3) or HUD is a dockyard built on the site of the former Shek Wan or "Stone Bay" (石灣 sometimes written 石環; sek6 waan1), on Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong.

History

HUD was formed in 1973 from the merger of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock (1863) and the Taikoo Dockyard (1902 or 1905). It is jointly owned by CK Hutchison and Swire. The HUD facilities in Tsing Yi replaced the Whampoa Dockyard in Hung Hom, which became the Whampoa Garden estate, and the Taikoo Dockyard in Quarry Bay, which became the Taikoo Shing estate.

Operations

HUD's main business is:

Salvage and towage
Ship repairs
Land-based engineering projects

The company employs over 400 people including subcontractors to perform repairs.^[1]

The named United was added when it was acquired in 1995.

Facilities

Instead of a fixed dockyard, it uses a 40,000t floating dockyard to perform repairs in Tsing Yi. There are two berths for ships being repaired but not requiring to be placed in the floating dock.

The dockyard has four Ramparts 3000 ASD tugs used to tow ships into the facility.^[2]

Boats constructed

Most ships built here are for local use:

Sea Lion class command boats 1965 – two for the Hong Kong Police Marine Region (retired 1993)
Sea Rover class command boats 1955–56 – six for the Hong Kong Police Marine Region

Transportation

The dockyard is accessible via:

Green minibus 88M: Hong Kong United Dockyard <-> Kwai Fong station

The dockyard is also accessed by Routes 3 and 8 via Sai Tso Wan Road.

References

22°21′06″N 114°04′59″E / 22.3516°N 114.0830°E / 22.3516; 114.0830

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[1] ttp://www.ship2yard.com/yard.php?idy=8803

[2] "Hong Kong United Dockyard - Bing images".

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+{{More citations needed|date=November 2012}}
-[[Image:United Dockyards and Tsing Ma Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|float|300px|United Dockyard]]
+<!-- Shek Wan redirects here -->
+[[Image:United Dockyards 2017.jpg|thumb|250px|United Dockyard]]
-'''Hong Kong United Dockyard''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese:]] 香港聯合船塢) or simply '''United Dockyard''' (聯合船塢) is a [[dockyard]] in [[Shek Wan]], on the [[Tsing Yi Island]] of [[Hong Kong]]. HUD was formed in 1973 from the merger of [[Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock]] (1863) and [[Taikoo Dockyard]] (1902 or 1905). It is jointed owned by [[Hutchison Whampoa]] and [[Swire]]. The HUD facilities in Tsing Yi replaced the [[Whampoa Dockyard]] in [[Hung Hom]] and the [[Taikoo Dockyard]] in [[Quarry Bay]].
+'''Hongkong United Dockyards''' ({{zh|t=香港聯合船塢|j=hoeng1 gong2 lyun4 hap6 syun4 ou3}}) abbreviated to '''United Dockyards''' ({{zh|t=聯合船塢|j=lyun4 hap6 syun4 ou3|labels=no}}) or '''HUD'''  is a [[dockyard]] built on the site of the former '''Shek Wan''' or "Stone Bay" ({{zh|t=石灣 sometimes written 石環|j=sek6 waan1|labels=no}}), on [[Tsing Yi|Tsing Yi Island]] of [[Hong Kong]].
-Today HUD's main business is:
+==History==
-* salvage and towage
+HUD was formed in 1973 from the merger of the [[Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock]] (1863) and the [[Taikoo Dockyard]] (1902 or 1905). It is jointly owned by [[CK Hutchison]] and [[Swire]]. The HUD facilities in Tsing Yi replaced the [[Whampoa Dockyard]] in [[Hung Hom]], which became the [[Whampoa Garden]] estate, and the [[Taikoo Dockyard]] in [[Quarry Bay]], which became the [[Taikoo Shing]] estate.
-* shiprepair
-* land based engineering projects
+== Operations ==
-The company employes over 400 including subcontractors to perform repairs.<ref>http://www.ship2yard.com/yard.php?idy=8803</ref>
+HUD's main business is:
+* Salvage and towage
+* Ship repairs
+* Land-based engineering projects
+The company employs over 400 people including subcontractors to perform repairs.<ref>http://www.ship2yard.com/yard.php?idy=8803</ref>
 The named '''United''' was added when it was acquired in 1995.
-==Facilities==
+== Facilities ==
-Instead of a fixed dockyard, it uses a 40,000t floating dockyard to perform repairs in Tsing Yi There are two berths for ships being repaired but not requiring to be placed in the floating dock.
+Instead of a fixed dockyard, it uses a 40,000t floating dockyard to perform repairs in Tsing Yi. There are two berths for ships being repaired but not requiring to be placed in the floating dock.
+The dockyard has four Ramparts 3000 ASD tugs used to tow ships into the facility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Hong+Kong+United+Dockyard&view=detail&id=C88B2DF55C1CCFFA452933529721B8ACC7B9D0C9&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR|title=Hong Kong United Dockyard - Bing images}}</ref>
-==Transportation==
-The dockyard is accessible by transit:
-GMB 88M:  Hong Kong United Dockyard <-> [[Kwai Fong Station]]
-The dockyard is also assessed by Route 3 and 8 via Sai Tso Wan Road.
-==Boats Built==
+== Boats constructed==
 Most ships built here are for local use:
+* [[Sea Lion class command boats]] 1965 – two for the [[Hong Kong Police]] [[Marine Region]] (retired 1993)
+* [[Sea Rover class command boats]] 1955–56 – six for the [[Hong Kong Police]] [[Marine Region]]
+== Transportation ==
-* [[Sea Lion class command boats]] 1965 – 2 for [[Hong Kong Police]] [[Marine Region]] (retired 1993)
+The dockyard is accessible via:
-* [[Sea Rover class command boats]] 1955-56 – 6 for [[Hong Kong Police]] [[Marine Region]]
+* [[Public light bus|Green minibus]] 88M:  Hong Kong United Dockyard <-> [[Kwai Fong station]]
+The dockyard is also accessed by Routes [[Route 3 (Hong Kong)|3]] and [[Route 8 (Hong Kong)|8]] via Sai Tso Wan Road.
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
+{{commons category|Hongkong United Dockyards}}
-==External links==
+{{Swire}}
-* [http://www.hud.com.hk/en/profile_history.php History]
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-[[Category:Hutchison Whampoa|United Dockyard]]
+[[Category:CK Hutchison Holdings|United Dockyard]]
 [[Category:Swire Group|United Dockyard]]
 [[Category:Ships built in Hong Kong]]
-[[Category:1973 establishments]]
+[[Category:1863 establishments in Hong Kong]]
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+{{HK-struct-stub}}
-[[zh:香港聯合船塢]]