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dry docks


Identification code: 300120748
Español: diques secos | Català: dic sec



Alternative term/s

  • docks, dry
  • dry dock
  • dry-docks
  • drydocks
  • graving docks
  • graving-docks

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Enclosures or narrow, artificial basins that hold single ships, boats, or other watercraft, and from which the water may be pumped or let out to leave the vessel dry for the purpose of maintenance, repair, or shipbuilding. (Sometimes also used for building ships.). Dry docks are known in the historical record as early as the 10th century in China.

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