BRINGING THE SEA TO THE SHIP.—H.M.S. Deptford, a 1000 ton sloop, was constructed at the bottom of a dry dock at Chatham recently, instead of on a building slip as is usual. When the vessel was finished the water was admitted, the gates opened, and the ship towed away.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 9 March 1935, Page 9
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49BRINGING THE SEA TO THE SHIP.—H.M.S. Deptford, a 1000 ton sloop, was constructed at the bottom of a dry dock at Chatham recently, instead of on a building slip as is usual. When the vessel was finished the water was admitted, the gates opened, and the ship towed away. Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 9 March 1935, Page 9
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