dry dock

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Growth should be driven by its new dry dock and four new vessels, including its commissioning service operation vessel in FY 2026, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

After more than four decades of delay, the first such submarine, Swiftsure, has had its reactor removed and is currently being taken apart in a dry dock.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

Months of major repair work took place in dry dock at Cammell Laird shipyard in Merseyside, requiring removal of the ship's engines.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

California’s coastal salmon industry already is in dry dock.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

The boat is in dry dock & the hole is above the waterline.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman