Name: | NIGER DOCK or BOSPHORUS DOCK |
Type: | Floating Dry Dock |
Launched: | 10/03/1910 one section; 11/03/1910 two sections |
Completed: | 03/1910 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 853 |
Dimensions: | 490.0 x 95.0 x 43.5ft; pontoon 12.0ft deep |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | None |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
03/1910 | Elder Dempster Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1912 | Societe du Docks et Ateliers du Haut Bosphore, Turkey |
No later history known | |
Comments: | A three section dock with a lifting capacity of 8500tons |
Designed by Clark & Standfield | |
1912: Believed to have been re-sold without leaving the Tyne |
Above photo as the BOSPHORUS DOCK is courtesy of Photoship
The Times, Wednesday, 16/03/1910
The Times, Wednesday, 11/06/1913
Jarrow Express, Friday, 08/08/1913