The second half of the great naval floating dock arriving at iSingapo.. last month,; wherejt is to be, joined tojhe first section, which had reached the.new h,«» -H,r«o-Ha« nreviouslv The vovaoe had taken more than four months to complete, the routeJielng through the Suez Canal, which was temporarily closed ?n nrHinarv trainSe the dock was passing through. It is the largest structure of its kind ever."_ullt, and is designed to accommodato the heaviest capital <hi_« n^yh,,Mt or Nk-lv to _rfulMf-r the British Navy. It will be known in naval records as?A.F.D. No. 9. The completed dock itself weighs 50,000 tons, In J b cwabteV 118 two P°rt'ons are fastened together, Will be^ 855 ft its width 172 ft and its height 50ft from the nnMnnn rifirk More than three and a half million rivets were used in its construction, which.was completed In the remarkably short time of twelve months. The two s^ons had to be towed from Welll.nd-on-Tyhe te' Singapore, a distance of mor. than 8000 miles, before they could be linked together. (Evening Post, 29 December 1928)

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The second half of the great naval floating dock arriving at iSingapo.. last month,; wherejt is to be, joined tojhe first section, which had reached the.new h,«» -H,r«o-Ha« nreviouslv The vovaoe had taken more than four months to complete, the routeJielng through the Suez Canal, which was temporarily closed ?n nrHinarv trainSe the dock was passing through. It is the largest structure of its kind ever."_ullt, and is designed to accommodato the heaviest capital <hi_« n^yh,,Mt or Nk-lv to _rfulMf-r the British Navy. It will be known in naval records as?A.F.D. No. 9. The completed dock itself weighs 50,000 tons, In J b cwabteV 118 two P°rt'ons are fastened together, Will be^ 855 ft its width 172 ft and its height 50ft from the nnMnnn rifirk More than three and a half million rivets were used in its construction, which.was completed In the remarkably short time of twelve months. The two s^ons had to be towed from Welll.nd-on-Tyhe te' Singapore, a distance of mor. than 8000 miles, before they could be linked together. (Evening Post, 29 December 1928)

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