1000-ton Floating Dock

May 2019 August 2020 *Evans Deakin & Company, Brisbane *Mort's Dock & Engineering Company, Sydney Royal Australian Navy 1941–1944 2 2 Floating dry dock 196.85 ft m on 65.61 ft m on 25.26 ft m on 7 ft 4 in m on 1,000 tons The 1000-ton Floating Dock was a class of floating dry docks built for the Royal Australian Navy between 1940 and 1944. Design The floating dry docks were 196.85 ft m in length, 65.61 ft m beam and 7.4 ft m draught. The floating docks had a lifting capacity of 1,000 tons. Floating Docks AD 1001, built by Evans Deakin & Company, launched on 24 April 1941 and completed on 3 October 1941. Sold by Hobsons Bay Dock and Engineering Co. to Seico Shipyard of Singapore in 1978. AD 1002, built by Mort's Dock & Engineering Company and completed in 1944. Currently operated by the Noakes Group, Berry Bay, Sydney. References Betty John An Elusive Lady: Darwin's Floating Dry Dock Journal of the Australian Naval Institute 109 37–40 https://navalinstitute.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/headmark-109-Winter-2003.pdf 14 May 2019 Category:Auxiliary ships of the Royal Australian Navy Category:Ships built in New South Wales Category:Ships built in Queensland