China Sea. Singapore Strait, Western Portion
(Attention is called to Notice to Mariners No.1 of each year) Principally from British Admiralty Surveys to 1928 and Netherlands Government Surveys Charts to 1929
London,
Published at the Admiralty,
30th October, 1930. Small corrections to 1932.
Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, lighthouses and beacons picked out in yellow and red, inland elevations and detailing, buildings, paste-over printed in red.
710 by 1470mm. (28 by 57.75 inches).
1440
notes:
Large chart of the Western portion of the Straits of Singapore.
Singapore was at the time undergoing significant dock and naval works in order to counter the increasingly ambitious Japanese Empire. The works - completed in 1939 at the cost some $500,000 - boasted the largest dry dock in the world, the third largest wet dock, and enough fuel tanks to support the entire Royal Navy for six months. The city was protected from naval attack by Royal Naval 15 inch guns ...
Singapore was at the time undergoing significant dock and naval works in order to counter the increasingly ambitious Japanese Empire. The works - completed in 1939 at the cost some $500,000 - boasted the largest dry dock in the world, the third largest wet dock, and enough fuel tanks to support the entire Royal Navy for six months. The city was protected from naval attack by Royal Naval 15 inch guns ...