Dry-dock Sentence Examples

The naval arsenal is situated on the " north basin " of the Buenos Aires port, and the military port at Bahia Blanca is provided with a dry dock of the largest size, and extensive repair shops.

It now has a large stone dry dock.

The docks, accessible only at high water, include a wet basin and a dry dock.

It is provided with a large dry-dock and is defended by fortifications of a modern type.

The harbour, with wet and slip dock, occupies both sides of the river from the New Bridge to the sea, and is protected on the south by a pier projecting some distance into the sea, and on the north by a breakwater with a commodious dry dock.

The Bermudas became an important naval and coaling station in 1869, when a large iron dry dock was towed across the Atlantic and placed in a secure position in St George, while, owing to their important strategic position in mid-Atlantic, the British government maintains a strong garrison.

In the river are two pontoon docks and an immense dry dock.

The largest ships can enter the harbour, which has a minimum depth of 30 ft.; it has two dry docks, a graving dock and a floating dry dock.

Shipbuilding is also carried on, and there is a large dry dock and a patent slip for repairing vessels.

There is a military port at Talcahuano, in Concepcion Bay, strongly fortified, and provided with arsenal and repair shops, a large dry dock and a patent slip. The naval school, which occupies one of the noteworthy edifices of Valparaiso, is attended by 90 cadets and is noted for the thoroughness of its instruction.

The first dry dock was constructed in 1896; in 1905 it was supplemented by another, the largest in Spain.

Beyond the bridge in the upper waters of the inlet is a dry dock.

Planning permission to construct a dry dock or rock-filled bund [2] .

Able UK applied for planning permission to build a dry dock bund in August.

They said she was in dry dock about 6 months ago... .

On the left, below the canopy, is Worsley dry dock - the oldest dry dock on the canal sysytem.

There was also a small dry dock at the west side of the dock.

They finally got the firedrake into a dry dock at Gibraltar and could now see just how bad the damage really was.

In 2005 some adventurous members explored the submarine ocelot in dry dock at Chatham, successfully negotiating all the hatches.

Subsequent improvements included dredging operations in the Medway to improve the approach, and the provision of extra dry-dock accommodation under the Naval Works Acts.

The accommodation provided includes a dry dock 410 ft.