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B.

Naval Establishments in Kowloon.

Victualling Depot.

Torpedo stores and workshops.

Boat and timber stores.

Boat basin.

Coaling sheds.

Oil fuel tanks (2400 tons) and Jetty.

Coal lighter basin (especially useful as a

typhoon shelter)

The total area occupied is over 20 acres.

These are all integral parts of a Naval base and

provide facilities which are essential to the Fleet.

The Naval Dockyard at Victoria is already fully

occupied and contains no space available in which the

establishments on the mainland could be accommodated.

The areas enclosed by the breakwaters at the Kowloon

Naval Yard and Fuelling Depots are the only typhoon refuges

for Naval small craft and boats, as the basin in the Naval

Yard at Victoria is dangerous for small craft during a

typhoon.