| Name: | SINGAPORE DOCK also known as AFD9 |
| Type: | Floating Dock |
| Launched: | 07/12/1927 |
| Completed: | 06/1928 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1321 |
| Dimensions: | 855.0 x 172.0 x 50.0ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | n/a |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 06/1928 | British Royal Navy |
| 1952 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built in 7 sections for the Admiralty & to be based at their Singapore Dockyard |
| Capable of lifting 55,000 tons (disp) vessels such as the largest battleships of the day | |
| 21/06/1928: Sections 3, 4 & 5, joined as a single unit, left the Tyne | |
| 28/06/1928: Sections 1, 2, 6 & 7, joined as a single unit, left the Tyne | |
| 1942: Scuttled before the fall of Singapore to Japanese forces | |
| Raised by the Japanese for their own use at Singapore | |
| 01/02/1945: Bombed and sunk by Allied aeroplanes | |
| There are conflicting details about the fate of the dock | |
| 1952: Dock salvaged and 4 sections broken up at Singapore | |
| 1954: The remaining 3 sections broken up at Troon | |
| 21/06/1954: Arrived at Troon for breaking up | |
| 24/06/1954: Breaking up commenced by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd | |
| 20/06/1955: Breaking up completed |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
First part of the dock being towed by the Smit tugs ROODE ZEE & ZWARTE ZEE on 21/06/1928
The Smit tugs with SCHELDE in the lead on 21/06/1928, photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Second part of the dock being towed by Smit tugs on 28/06/1928, photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Part of the towage contract between Swan Hunter & Smit
Second section passing through the Suez Canal. Photo courtesy of Photoship
Map of the voyage to Singapore kindly provided by Jaap Bijl
Part of dock arrives at Troon for breaking up, photo is courtesy of Colin Campbell