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Bermuda Floating Dock Nears Britain -- Aerial view of the floating dock in the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles off the English Coast.The largest "Chunk" of H.M.S. Malabar, the Navy's name for its Bermuda Dockyard which was closed last March, is being brought back to Britain. Last evening, Aug. 7, it was sighted 400 miles off the English Coast, heading for Falmouth.This huge floating dock is capable of taking up to 14,000 tons of shipping at a time. Its sea trip of 2,500 miles, begun early in July, was an operation undertaken by there of the Navy's most powerful tugs, H.M. Tugs "Reward", "Warden" and "Prosperous". August 08, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Bermuda Floating Dock Nears Britain -- Aerial view of the floating dock in the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles off the English Coast.The largest "Chunk" of H.M.S. Malabar, the Navy's name for its Bermuda Dockyard which was closed last March, is being brought back to Britain. Last evening, Aug. 7, it was sighted 400 miles off the English Coast, heading for Falmouth.This huge floating dock is capable of taking up to 14,000 tons of shipping at a time. Its sea trip of 2,500 miles, begun early in July, was an operation undertaken by there of the Navy's most powerful tugs, H.M. Tugs "Reward", "Warden" and "Prosperous". August 08, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).
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Bermuda Floating Dock Nears Britain -- Aerial view of the floating dock in the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles off the English Coast.The largest "Chunk" of H.M.S. Malabar, the Navy's name for its Bermuda Dockyard which was closed last March, is being brought back to Britain. Last evening, Aug. 7, it was sighted 400 miles off the English Coast, heading for Falmouth.This huge floating dock is capable of taking up to 14,000 tons of shipping at a time. Its sea trip of 2,500 miles, begun early in July, was an operation undertaken by there of the Navy's most powerful tugs, H.M. Tugs "Reward", "Warden" and "Prosperous". August 08, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).
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