Name: | MOKAMEH GHAT DOCK |
Type: | Floating Dry Dock |
Launched: | |
Completed: | 1930 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 1423 |
Dimensions: | 500tons lift, 210.0 x 56.0 x 4.5 (draft over keel blocks)ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | None |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1930 | Bengal & North Western Railway Co, India |
No further history known | |
Comments: | Designed to provide a lift of 500tons |
Built as a two section pontoon dock | |
For use at the port of Mokameh Ghat on the River Ganges | |
Used for repairing paddle steamers, barges, landing stages & ferries | |
Assembled at Wallsend, tested and dismantled for shipping to Calcutta |
Above map showing the position of Mokameh Ghat on the Ganges is copyright of Google