File:Warships in Hong Kong harbor 2.jpg

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Hong Kong Harbor, circa November 1936, with ships of the British, French and U.S. Navies. Ships are:
In the most distant offshore row (left to right): French light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet, British submarine tender Medway with several submarines alongside, and British aircraft carrier Hermes.
In the nearest offshore row (left to right): two destroyers (unidentified nationality), French colonial sloop, USS Augusta (CA-31) and USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with two destroyers alongside.
Alongside dockyard wharfs (left to right): British heavy cruiser Berwick with two or three destroyers outboard, and British heavy cruiser Cumberland.
Inside the dockyard basin (clockwise from entrance): Two destroyers, three submarines and an "Insect" class gunboat.

Offshore of, and to the right of, the dockyard (left to right): USS Isabel (PY-10) alongside a U.S. destroyer, two British destroyers, three U.S. destroyers, and three U.S. destroyers.
Date circa November 1936
date QS:P,+1936-11-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 80422 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Lieutenant Gustave Freret, U.S. Navy

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