Alexander Grantham (fireboat)
22°17′21.30″N 114°13′9.35″E / 22.2892500°N 114.2192639°E
| History | |
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| Hong Kong (Fire Services Department) | |
| Name | Alexander Grantham |
| Namesake | Alexander Grantham |
| Builder | Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock |
| Launched | 22 December 1952 |
| In service | 1953 |
| Out of service | May 2002 |
| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fireboat |
| Displacement | 511 tons |
| Length | 38.9 m (128 ft) |
| Beam | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Height | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Speed | 12.5 knots |
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| Traditional Chinese | 葛量洪號 | ||||||||
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The Alexander Grantham was a fireboat operated by the Fire Services Department of Hong Kong. It was named after Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Alexander Grantham. The boat has since retired from service and been replaced by other vessels.
On 10 March 2006, the fireboat was successfully hoisted into its new permanent home in the Central Concourse of Quarry Bay Park, where it has been converted into the Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery and was opened to the public as a museum in 2007, managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department. In addition to the fireboat itself, the gallery houses a number of multimedia exhibits on the vessel's history and on firefighting in Hong Kong.
3D laser scanning technology in digital recording of structures was applied to capture the 3D images of the structure.