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.
250,000-ton drydock at Brest
Shipbldg and Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 110 , n 22
1967
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