Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.

Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date of Death | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Material Type | Image |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
Launching ceremony for oil tanker Cree (2)
At 280 feet in length the largest oil tanker to have been built in Hong Kong at that time, the Cree is launched at Whampoa Dock on 26 September 1969. The bottle-breaking ceremony for the Cree is presided over by the wife of the Managing Director of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, Singapore.
Date | 1969-09-26 |
Place | Kowloon/Yau Tsim Mong District/Hung Hom/(Street)/Whampoa Dockyard |
Object | Shipyard | Ship |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Dockyards of Hong Kong |
Source | Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: IA(3)142 |
Repository | Information Services Department Photographic Library |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Information Services Department |
Accession No. | lcs-dock-0064 |
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