🚢 Dry Docks of the World

These are notable dry docks — the watertight basins drained so a ship’s hull can be built and repaired out of the water, from Brunel’s great wooden dock at Bristol and the lock-filled Royal Navy yards to the colossal concrete graving docks of Belfast and Bremen that received the ocean liners. Each profile shows where the dock lies, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

14 dry docks from 9 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any dry dock for its full profile.

Americas (2) Asia (2) Europe (9) Oceania (1)

Americas (2 dry docks)

Asia (2 dry docks)

Europe (9 dry docks)

Oceania (1 dry docks)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.