Canteen Assistant Leslie Norman Knight Collection
(1927-1980)
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A shore party from HMS Venerable seen disembarking at Hong Kong. Ships in the background from left to right are; two unidentified Modified Black Swan sloops, HMS Bermuda, HMS Venerable and HMS Alacrity U-60 alongside another Modified Black Swan sloop. (The three sloops should be HMS Amethyst U-16, HMS Hart U-58 and HMS Hind U-39.) The Kowloon ferry is seen in the background at right.


Kumano Maru seen from HMS Venerable in Hong Kong Harbour.


President Polk seen from HMS Venerable in Hong Kong Harbour.


An unidentified U.S. Navy cruiser seen from HMS Venerable in Hong Kong Harbour.


An unidentified U.S. Navy destroyer seen from HMS Venerable in Hong Kong Harbour.


HMS Lagos R-44 seen passing HMS Venerable in Hong Kong Harbour. Notice atop the mountain at center is a Japanese War Memorial, built by forced (slave) labor of British, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war along with Chinese from Hong Kong. The memorial was blown up by the British on Feb. 26, 1947 and was later removed.
(Good page about the Japanese War Memorial)


The aforementioned Japanese War Memorial.


The Japanese War Memorial prepared for demolition.


February 26, 1947: The moment of demolition of the Japanese War Memorial.


Small craft in Hong Kong.


Small craft in Hong Kong.


A street scene in Hong Kong.


A Junk seen off Hong Kong.


Small craft in Hong Kong.


Small craft in Hong Kong.
All photos from the collection of Leslie Norman Knight
Courtesy of Laurence Knight


This collection was scanned and presented to MaritimeQuest for publication by Leslie's son Laurence Knight. We very much appreciate his time and effort in making this collection available and for allowing us to publish it on the site. There were very few notes or dates on the photos, which makes it difficult to place them in chronological order, so we have published them in subject order. MaritimeQuest Senior Researcher Mike Griffiths has provided much of the information and identification of the photos in the collection. Thanks to both Laurence and Mike for their assistance.



Page published August 6, 2020