RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1973 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8910rj06r Canton 1848 Wood 235 gross W. Pilcher, Northfleet, Kent. 133'0" X 18'0" X 11'9" Paddle, by H. W. Harrison, Northfleet, Kent. Remarks: First ship of Hong Kong & Canton Steam Packet Company. Hong Kong Queen 1849 Wood as above 1853 Wood 137 net Lamont & Co., Hong Kong. as above ? ? Remarks: First steamship to be built in Hong Kong. Note. Ships in above list arranged in chronological order of building, and particulars were obtained from a variety of sources. Most of the above were auxiliary ships, that is, they were equipped with sails as well as engines, and methods of calculating tonnages varied, EARLY STEAMSHIPS IN CHINA 57 ================================================================================