FLOATING DOCK FOR SALE.
™«n«ni™ iy r- 1S endeavouring to dispose of tho ex-German 40 CCO-ton flouting dock surrendered to I lie British under the Treaty of Versailles. The dock is at present lying b, sections in the Medway at Chatham, and is for sale, witnout restriction as to use abroad It ",' a$ ,a, t, one lillls intended that the dock should be used at tho proposed new naval oasc at Singapore, and a considerable amount of work was done to lit it tw that purpose. The dock was built I:v l'll° Germans for use for naval purposes at Williclmshaven, and was only completed iv the early days of the war The dock has a lifting capacity of 40-000 lons, is 702tt 9in in length, 194 ft in breadth and can dock a ship with a maximum draught of about 36ft.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 131, 6 June 1925, Page 24
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FLOATING DOCK FOR SALE.
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 131, 6 June 1925, Page 24
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