More than one year on, zero progress made on wreckage thought to be HMS Tamar
Discovered in March last year during dredging works in Victoria Harbour, the object is thought to be British vessel scuttled during the battle of Hong Kong in 1941
There has been zero progress in identifying and possibly salvaging the suspected wreckage of a famous British navy vessel, more than a year after it was discovered at the bottom of Victoria Harbour.
Experts had been all but certain it was the former British troopship HMS Tamar that was scuttled during the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, but the government has yet to confirm it.
What is known is that the object has been moved 100 metres from its location of discovery to allow waterfront reclamation and development to continue.
In March last year, the government revealed it had found a large metal object about six metres under the seabed, near the old Wan Chai Ferry Pier.
The object, about 40 metres long, two to 11 metres wide and two metres high, was discovered during dredging works to prepare for land reclamation in Wan Chai and the tunnel works for the Central-Wan Chai Bypass.
In response to inquiries by the Post on the latest status of the find, a spokesman for the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) said “its identity is yet to be confirmed as the ship’s bell, name plate or any other unique features have not been found”.
“The metal object has been relocated to the nearby seabed about 100 metres away from the original position for surveying,” the spokesman said.
