Name: | ROSYTH DOCK or AFD12 |
Type: | Floating Dry Dock |
Launched: | 23/05/1940 |
Completed: | 19/08/1940 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 1591 |
Dimensions: | 2750tons lift, 380.0 x 72.0 x 19ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | n/a |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
19/08/1940 | Admiralty |
03/1959 | Liaaen Skipsvaerft Aalesund, Norway |
06/2004 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1940: A small dock designed for destroyers |
1940: Known as AFD12 | |
1940: Based at Scapa Flow rather than Rosyth | |
1945: To be based at Trincomalee, but voyage cancelled at Gibraltar | |
1945: Based at Sheerness | |
1957: Based at Falmouth | |
27/05/1959: Arrived at Aalesund |
Above photo at Liaaen Shipyard is copyright of Aage Schjolberg