| Name: | CALLAO DOCK |
| Type: | Floating Dry Dock |
| Launched: | 11/08/1908 & 12/08/1908 |
| Completed: | 20/08/1908 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
| Yard Number: | 809 |
| Dimensions: | 7000tons lift, 385.0ft length, 95.0ft breadth, 43.0ft depth |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 20/08/1908 | Compania Peruana de Vapores y Dique Flotante del Callao, Peru |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | Designed by Clark & Standsfield |
| 20/08/1908: Left the Tyne in tow of ROODEZEE & ZWARTEZEE | |
| 23/08/1908: Took shelter from a storm in Dungeness Bay | |
| 24/08/1908: Anchor cables broke, so towed to Gravesend | |
| 01/09/1908: Mooring cables broke & subsequently beached at Tilbury Ness | |
| 18/09/1908: Departed from the Thames | |
| 18/11/1908: Arrived at Montevideo, via St Vincent | |
| 19/11/1908: ROODEZEE driven onto breakwater in storm | |
| Damage to ROODEZEE so great that she returned to Rotterdam | |
| 02/01/1909: Tug OCEAAN left Rotterdam as a replacement | |
| 02/04/1909: Arrived at Callao via the Straits of Magellan | |
| Total journey time 225 days, distance 10,300 miles |
Above photo is copyright of The Engineer 28/08/1908
Above photo showing an end section docked is copyright of The Engineer 28/08/1908
Above photo, showing the dock at Tilbury Ness, is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich
General Arrangement Plan & Profile. Copyright of The Engineer 28/08/1908 Click HERE to enlarge
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