| Name: | A F D 16 |
| Type: | Admiralty Floating Dock |
| Launched: | 1942 |
| Completed: | 02/1942 |
| Builder: | Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 240ton lift, 142.5 x 27.5 x 12.5ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 02/1942 | British Admiralty |
| 03/1959 | Scheepsvaartbedrijf, Walcheren, Holland |
| 1968 | Unknown owner, Norway |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | Sisters were A F D 14 & 15 |
| Dimensions: overall length, width between walls & max internal draft | |
| 03/12/1941: Laid down | |
| 25/02/1942: Towed from the Tyne to Invergordon by EMPIRE LARCH | |
| 29/10/1943: Towed from Invergordon to Lerwick by GOLIATH | |
| 29/08/1945: Moved to Lyness | |
| 04/10/1945: Moved to Portsmouth | |
| 1949: Loaned to War Office at Queenborough, Medway | |
| 12/1968: Towed from Ijmuiden to Tommefjord by STENTOR |
Above photo as AFD16 courtesy of Clive Sweetingham
Above photo as AFD16 courtesy of Dave Wilkinson
From Palmers' own publication - Palmers Hebburn 1939-1945. Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair