Name: | FALKLANDS ISLANDS DOCK |
Type: | Floating Dry Dock |
Launched: | n/a |
Completed: | 11/1929 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 1379 |
Dimensions: | 600 tons lift, 180.0ft length, 61.3ft breadth ext |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | None |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1929 | Falklands Islands Co Ltd, Port Stanley |
No further history known | |
Comments: | 11/1929: Dispatched in kit form for Port Stanley |
Built in sections to be self docking | |
Dock was extended in 1931. See yard number 1471 |
Above photo shows the dock in extended form. Photo copyright of Chris Harris
The Times, 18th November 1929