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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