| Name: | SMITH'S PONTOON NO 2 |
| Type: | Pontoon Dock |
| Launched: | 01/04/1896 and 11/04/1896 |
| Completed: | 06/1896 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 207 |
| Dimensions: | 430.0 x 55.0ft; 6500 tons lifting capacity |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1896 | Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields |
| 1951 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Designed by Clark & Standfield, London |
| Launched in two parts | |
| Originally a depositing dock, part constructed by Clark & Standfield | |
| at their Thames yard for the Government of Argentina at Zarate | |
| Swan & Hunter won the contract to modify & assemble the existing parts | |
| 01/1951: Broken up at Blyth |
For an illustration of a typical Depositing Dock. Click HERE
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 25th June 1896
Marine Engineer, May 1896
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 11th April 1896
Shields Daily News, Monday, 08/01/1951