Length oa is 1122 ft, breadth 180.4 ft, and with blocks at depth of 21 1/2 ft below datum of charts, tankers of 250,000-tons dw can enter dock at half tide; gate is caisson of conventional type, consisting of central watertight bulkhead fitted on each side with buoyancy and flooding tanks; four centrifugal pumps have capacity of 1500 cu m; traveling crane has lifting capacity of 80 tons at 82 ft; diagram is included.


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    Title :

    250,000-ton drydock at Brest


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg and Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1967


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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