dockyard
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The town itself was founded as a Royal Navy dockyard in 1814, and five Royal Yachts were among the many ships built there.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024
In May the vessel finally left the Devonport dockyard where it had undergone a seven-and-a-half-year refit.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023
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
The ancient city at the site of Lothal near the Indian Ocean included a dockyard and a warehouse for incoming trade goods.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
On December 7, 1776, he set the dockyard on fire, wiping out 20 tons of hemp used to make rope, 6 tons of ordinary rope, and about 6,000 feet of large-size rope.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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