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Name: SCHIEDAM DOCK
Type: Floating Dry Dock
Launched: n/a
Completed: 09/1916
Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 971
Dimensions: 10,000tons lift
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1916 New Waterway Shipbuilding Co, Schiedam
No further history known
Comments: The Schiedam yard was owned by Furness Withy & Co
23/09/1916: Leased by The Admiralty for use at Invergordon
04/1920: Returned to owners


Above photo, showing USS SAN FRANCISCO in dock at Invergordon 23/09/1918, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo, showing USS SAN FRANCISCO in dock at Invergordon 23/09/1918, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

The Times, Thursday, 26/03/1914