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  2. Willemsoord Dry Dock I - Wikipedia

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    The table with the drafts of the ships as they docked, supports the 1866 summary. It also shows the screw corvette Metalen Kruis using the dock while empty and while loaded. The table furthermore highlights another aspect of the rebuild. It shows that screw ships were much longer than their sailing counterparts (Metalen Kruis vs. Prins ...

  3. Auxiliary floating drydock - Wikipedia

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    An auxiliary floating drydock is a type of US Navy auxiliary floating dry dock. Floating dry docks are able to submerge underwater and to be placed under a ship in need of repair below the water line. Water is then pumped out of the floating dry dock, raising the ship out of the water.

  4. Loading dock - Wikipedia

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    A loading dock or loading bay is an area of a building where goods vehicles (usually road or rail) are loaded and unloaded. They are commonly found on commercial and industrial buildings, and warehouses in particular. Loading docks may be exterior, flush with the building envelope, or fully enclosed.

  5. Malta Dockyard - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Navy Dockyard was initially located around Dockyard Creek in Bormla, and occupied several of the dockyard buildings formerly used by the Knights of Malta. By 1850 the facilities included storehouses, a ropery, a small steam factory, victualling facilities, houses for the officers of the Yard, and most notably a dry dock – the first ...

  6. Dartmouth's Cape Quality Seafood has offered the dock-to ...

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    With those pieces in place, the partners found themselves able to curate the complete dock-to-table experience. It's the same locally-owned production chain bringing seafood to Cape Quality's ...

  7. Rumex obtusifolius - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms. Rumex sylvestris (Lam.) Campd. [1] Rumex obtusifolius, commonly known as bitter dock, [2] [3] broad-leaved dock, bluntleaf dock, dock leaf, dockens or butter dock, is a perennial plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to Europe, but is found on all temperate continents.

  8. Missing man table - Wikipedia

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    A missing man table, also known as a fallen comrade table, [1] is a ceremony and memorial that is set up in military dining facilities of the United States Armed Forces and during official dining functions, in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members. [2] The table serves as the focal point of ceremonial remembrance ...

  9. Amphibious transport dock - Wikipedia

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    An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock ( LPD ), [1] is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. [2] Several navies currently operate this kind of ship. The ships are generally designed to transport troops into a war zone ...

  10. Drydock Number One, Norfolk Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

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    The drydock can accommodate a maximum vessel length of 291.6 feet (88.9 m) with a 39.33-foot (11.99 m) beam. Depth is 30 feet (9.1 m). the dock can be dewatered in 40 minutes and flooded in 90 minutes. The drydock was built between 1827 and 1834, and cost $974,365.65, a very high price at that time.

  11. List of Admiralty floating docks - Wikipedia

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    Admiralty Floating Dock No. 17 - Reykjavik. 2750 tons built at Devonport. Moved to Sydney in 1944 arriving in May 1945 [20] Admiralty Floating Dock No. 18 - Clark Stanfield design, lifting capacity of 2750 tons [21] Admiralty Floating Dock No. 19 - Latterly at Vickers Shipbuilders/VSEL.