Seamen's Hospital was originally opened by Dr
Peter Young Peter or Pete Young may refer to:
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, a
surgeon
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of the
Honourable East India Company
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in 1843 during the
First Opium War
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History
The hospital was financially supported by Jardine Matheson and Company in Wan Chai
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, Colonial Hong Kong
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under the British Royal Navy
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. The facility was closed in 1873 due to financial difficulties.
The Royal Naval Hospital
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later replaced the Seaman's Hospital.
References
See also
* Tung Wah Hospital
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* HMS Tamar
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* was a 16-gun sloop launched at Saltash in 1758 and stationed in Newfoundland from 1763. She was renamed HMS ''Plut ...
* HMS Minden
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