Sorry, photos weren’t very high-res back then
A huge chunk of metal found six metres under the seabed in Wan Chai is most probably the wreck of the HMS Tamar, marine archaeologists have asserted.
The 40-metre-long, 11-metre-wide, and 2-metre-high hulk – which was discovered in March by a construction team building the Central-Wan Chai bypass – is most probably the famous Royal Navy ship ordered destroyed during the Second World War to avoid it falling into the hands of the dreaded Japanese.
The troop transport ship was built and launched in London in 1863, before being permanently stationed in Hong Kong between 1897 and 1941, when it was finally destroyed… although seemingly not that well.
The tentative findings come from preliminary surveys of the object by marine archaeologists.
The reclamation works in the area have been suspended, with the contractor advised to continue removing sediment surrounding and inside the object so it can be relocated to a spot nearby where it can be properly assessed.
The Hong Kong government says it expects the relocation to be completed by the end of next month.
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