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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