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in 1931. It was completed in 1938, at a staggering cost of £60 million – equivalent to £2½ billion in 2006. The base covered 21 square miles (54 km) and had what was then the largest dry dock in the world, the third-largest floating dock, and enough fuel tanks to support the entire
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in its operations in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The
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1861:. Singapore. 11 September 1936. p. 12.
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1909:. Singapore. 2 September 1941. p. 3.
1843:. Singapore. 2 September 1934. p. 1.
1568:. Singapore. 31 December 1939. p. 9.
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1997:HM Naval Base Singapore: personal memoir
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1894:. Singapore. 2 August 1939. p. 3.
1778:. Singapore. 26 April 1939. p. 9.
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122:His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore
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813:Captain-in-Charge, Singapore
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371:. Air defence relied on the
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2724:RNAS Prestwick (HMS Gannet)
2180:Institute of Naval Medicine
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1582:. 19 December 2020.
1439:Singapore infopedia
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1062:Thomas Bernard Drew
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