heritage tourism facility known as 1881 Heritage. Gallery Fleet Marine craft BSC Marine Group patrol vessels Protector (Pacific Forum) class – 6 small patrol boats Hong Kong Shipyards Sea Panther-class large command boat 1988 – 2 large command boats replaced Hong Kong United Dockyard Sea Lion class command boats 1965 – 2 (retired 1993) Damen Stan Mk I patrol boats 1980–1981 – 10 built by Chung Wah Shipyard 1990s Damen Stan Mk III patrol boats 1984–1985 – 16 built by Chung Wah Shipyard 1990s Damen Stan 2600 patrol boats HamiltonJet 13m Aluminium patrol boats ASC Keka Class 30-metre patrol launches 2000 – six built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard replaced six Damen Class Mk1 patrol launches Rigid inflatable hull vessels Tai Fei – fast patrol vessels speed boats Historic 22' Police Launch 1970 – 11 30' Fairey Marine Spear Class patrol boat 1981 – 9 40' Jetstream Class patrol craft 1971 – 3 45' converted tugs pre-1995 – 8 45' converted tugs pre-1975 – 2 Islander Class patrol craft 1960 – 1 Hong Kong United Dockyard Sea Rover Class patrol craft 1955 – 6 Pacific Forum Class Patrol boat 1993 – 6 78' Vosper Thornycroft coastal patrol craft 1972–73 – 7 (retired 1993) Firearms Smith & Wesson Model 10- Standard issue sidearm for Marine Region (except Small Boat Division), 6 shot .38 revolver. Glock 17- Standard issue pistol for Small Boat Division, loaded with 17 round of 9mm Parabellum magazines Federal Model 201-Z Riot Gun – Standard issue anti-riot gun, loaded with less-than-lethal CS rounds. Heckler & Koch MP5- Standard issue SMG, loaded with 30 round of 9mm Parabellum magazines SIG 516 - Standard issue assault rifle for Small Boat Divsion. Loaded with 30 rounds of 5.56×45mm NATO magazines. History The Hong Kong 'Water Police' had a role from the earliest days of British Hong Kong. The first actual vessel was acquired in 1846 – a sailing 'gun-boat' with a crew of 17, which was used for anti-piracy work. The vessel and its entire crew were lost in a typhoon two years later. By then the unit consisted of approximately 40 men and three boats. Each Constable in a six-man crew was armed with a pistol and a cutlass. After World War II, as part of a major reshaping of the police force, the service was renamed 'Marine Police'. See also Special Duties Unit Marine Department (Hong Kong) Fire Services Department