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techniques in both welded and rivetted constructions and building berths can accommodate vessels up to 500 feet in length. In 1954 these two yards handled repairs in dock or on slipway of 498 vessels totalling 1,285,316 gross tons, and afloat of 1,044 vessels of 6,662,858 gross tons.
These vessels represented 16 different nationalities, approximately 72% being British and 20% from Scandinavian Countries. Among the major repairs undertaken by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd., was the reconstruction and lengthening of a British oil tanker, involving cutting away the centre section, constructing a new centre 28 feet longer than the original, and re-assembling with the original bow and stern portions. This entire operation was completed in fourteen weeks. In 1954 Taikoo Dockyard launched a cargo vessel of 6,580 tons deadweight for China Navigation Company Ltd. A sister ship is also under construction and both vessels will be powered by Taikoo-Doxford Oil Engines developing 4,500 B.H.P.
The foundries of these establishments can handle castings of up to 30 tons in weight. There are six granite dry docks in the Colony, the largest of which is 787 feet over-all and 93 feet 4 inches wide at the sill, in which vessels of up to 690 feet length and 86 feet beam have been docked. There are two stationary hammer head cranes capable of lifting up to 150 tons. Well equipped wide-range salvage tugs are available.
During the year the Cheoy Lee Shipyard of Kowloon was awarded a contract to build ten 77 ton wooden fishing trawlers for the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency. The contract was completed well within the very short stipulated time of six months.
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