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Name: FALKLANDS ISLANDS DOCK EXTENSION
Type: Floating Dry Dock
Launched:
Completed: 09/1931
Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 1471
Dimensions: 180 tons lift
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1931 Falklands Islands Co Ltd, Port Stanley
No further history known
Comments: 11/1931: Dispatched in kit form for Port Stanley
An extension to the existing dock see yn 1379
Total lift of combined dock sections 780 tons


Above photo shows the dock in extended form. Photo copyright of Chris Harris