Buildings and Villages of the Former Sembawang Naval Base

28 MAY 2025

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Embark on a journey into Sembawang’s fascinating past, focusing on the former Sembawang Naval Base. Beyond its strategic military importance, this area was a vibrant community. Imagine grand colonial homes coexisting with humble kampongs and lively commercial streets. Through this story map’s historical buildings and places, you will explore the lives of naval personnel, dockyard workers, rubber tappers, and villagers who shaped this unique community, while witnessing Sembawang’s transformation from a quiet rubber estate into a bustling town.

View the story map in full screen or on your mobile device by scanning the QR code below.

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Notes:

  1. This story map does not show a comprehensive coverage of the buildings, landmarks and villages of Sembawang.

  2. The title of the base map used in this story map is the Johore and Singapore. Johore Bahru (1949).

  3. This story map used related Infopedia articles and other NLB digitised resources in NL Online, BiblioAsia, and Roots as references. It also consulted the following books: Yishun Sembawang: A Heritage Trail (2010), Black and White: Our Homemade Heritage (2017), Of Hearts and Minds: The story of Sembawang Shipyard (1998), and Singapore: A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places (1988).