 Volharding Dock c. 1890, was a tower dock, a unique concept for a dry dock
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| History | |
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| 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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- ^ Tideman 1880, p. 2e afd p. 154.
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