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The No. 1 dock was extended to a length of 600 ft., a project forecast to be completed in April, 1910.  However, the official completion was not until 31 August, 1911 when Lord Aberdeen would formally declare her open, and she would immediately admit {{UK-Invincible|f=p}}.{{ToL|The Medway Channel|Monday, July 17, 1911, Issue 39639, p.4}}
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The No. 1 dock was extended to a length of 600 ft., a project forecast to be completed in April, 1910.  However, the official completion was not until 31 August, 1911 when Lord Aberdeen would formally declare her open, when it as planned that she would immediately admit {{UK-Invincible|f=p}},{{ToL|The Medway Channel|Monday, July 17, 1911, Issue 39639, p.4}} however, it was later decided that the {{UK_1Achilles|f=t}} would be the first ship docked.{{NavAppts|Friday, August 18, 1911, Issue 39667, p.10}}
  
 
==Captains Superintendent==
 
==Captains Superintendent==

Latest revision as of 22:49, 25 June 2019

Haulbowline is located on the south coast of Ireland.

Shipbuilding

The No. 1 dock was extended to a length of 600 ft., a project forecast to be completed in April, 1910. However, the official completion was not until 31 August, 1911 when Lord Aberdeen would formally declare her open, when it as planned that she would immediately admit H.M.S. Invincible,[1] however, it was later decided that the Template:UK 1Achilles would be the first ship docked.[2]

Captains Superintendent

Dates of appointment given:

Deputy Superintendent

Footnotes

  1. "The Medway Channel." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 17, 1911, Issue 39639, p.4.
  2. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, August 18, 1911, Issue 39667, p.10.

See Also

  • Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org
  • Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.