In 1863 Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company was established to acquire docks and repair yards at Whampoa, on the Pearl River in China, and at the then newly constructed dry docks at Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island.

• 1863年，香港惠姆渡船坞公司为获得船坞和修理厂而于中国江边的惠姆波建厂，并于当时在香港岛阿伯丁新建干船坞。