HMS_York_in_AFD1_at_HMD_Bermuda_in_1933.jpg


Summary

Description York was drydocked in Admiralty Floating Dock No. 1, being the largest vessel to have been lifted by that dock at the time and having required the "almost re-construction" of AFD 1 in order "to accommodate the docking of the larger ships of the H.M.S. York class". [1]
Date
Source Self-scanned from original contemporary photographic print
Author British Government (Royal Navy)

==References==

  1. West End News. Personal , Page 11. The Royal Gazette, City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 10 July 1935, which reads: Amongst the passengers leaving Bermuda for england on Thursday will be Mr. T. H. Bentley, constructor of the Dockyard. Mr. Bentley has been at Bermuda Dockyard as head of the Construction Department since June 1931 and during that period has been responsible for a very large amount of work executed by his department especially during the extensive repairs on the Floating Dock... )
Camera location 32° 19′ 15.59″ N, 64° 50′ 15.26″ W Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
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Aerial photo of HMS York in Admiralty Floating Dock No. 1 at HM Dockyard Bermuda in 1934

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