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dockyard

[dok-yahrd] / ˈdɒkˌjɑrd /
NOUN
dry dock
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Babcock already has a vast covered hall at the Fife dockyard in which two frigates can be built side-by-side without interruptions due to weather.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

They described 19-year-old Zacharias Atkinson, also known as Puddy, as having "lived every moment to the fullest" after he was fatally injured at a privately-owned dockyard site in Bootle, Merseyside, on Wednesday afternoon.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

Solih insisted that the Indian military’s presence in the Maldives was only to build a dockyard under an agreement between the two governments and that his country’s sovereignty won’t be violated.

From Seattle Times Oct. 2, 2023

It is part of a regular test of the emergency notification system used in the event of a major incident at Devonport dockyard.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2023

In Amsterdam, he’ll stay with another of his father’s brothers, Jan, the director of the naval dockyard.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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