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The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.
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Singapore Naval Base
Military unit
His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, also Her Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, alternatively known as the Singapore Naval Base, Sembawang Naval Base and HMS Sembawang, was situated in Sembawang at the northern tip of Singapore and was both a Royal Navy shore establishment and a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Singapore strategy
Defence policy of the British Empire (1919–1941)
The Singapore strategy was a naval defence policy of the United Kingdom that evolved in a series of war plans from 1919 to 1941. It aimed to deter aggression by Japan by providing a base for a fleet of the Royal Navy in the Far East, able to intercept and defeat a Japanese force…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)