Volharding Dock c. 1890, was a tower dock, a unique concept for a dry dock
History
Netherlands
Name
Volharding Dock
Builder
Hanna, Donald & Wilson
Launched
4 June 1874[1]
Christened
3 December 1881
Commissioned
29 November 1881[2]
Out of service
sunk 28 March 1894
General characteristics (as completed)
Length
61.00 m (200.1 ft)[3]
Beam
25.00 m (82.0 ft)[4]
Draft
15.50 m (50.9 ft)[4]
Depth of hold
20.00 m (65.6 ft)[4]
Volharding Dock, was a floating dry dock built for the Nederlands Indische Droogdok Maatschappij (NIDM) in the 1870s. It was the smallest of two unique tower dry docks, and the only one that would actually be put in use.
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^"Nederlandsch-Indië". Bataviaasch handelsblad. 30 November 1881.
^Tideman 1880, p. 2e afd p. 154.
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