The street is named after
HMS Minden, a Royal Navy
ship of the line, which was in turn named after the German town
Minden and the
Battle of Minden of 1759, a decisive victory of British and Prussian forces over France in the
Seven Years' War. She served as a hospital ship in Hong Kong after a typhoon destroyed the shore-based
Royal Naval Hospital at Hong Kong on 22 July 1841. Nonetheless, the Chinese name () of the street was a mistranslation, as it has little to do with
the Southeast Asian country. ==Features==