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HMS York in AFD1 at HMD Bermuda in 1933.jpg

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English: Aerial photo of HMS York in Admiralty Floating Dock No. 1 at Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda in 1934.
York was drydocked in Admiralty Floating Dock No. 1, being the largest vessel to have been lifted by that dock at the time and having required the "almost re-construction" of AFD 1 in order "to accommodate the docking of the larger ships of the H.M.S. York class".[1]
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Source Self-scanned from original contemporary photographic print
Author British Government (Royal Navy)

==References==

  1. West End News. Personal, Page 11. The Royal Gazette, City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 10 July 1935, which reads: Amongst the passengers leaving Bermuda for england on Thursday will be Mr. T. H. Bentley, constructor of the Dockyard. Mr. Bentley has been at Bermuda Dockyard as head of the Construction Department since June 1931 and during that period has been responsible for a very large amount of work executed by his department especially during the extensive repairs on the Floating Dock, the almost re-construction of which became necessary to accommodate the docking of the larger ships of the "H.M.S. York" class...)
Camera location32° 19′ 15.59″ N, 64° 50′ 15.26″ W  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Aerial photo of HMS York in Admiralty Floating Dock No. 1 at HM Dockyard Bermuda in 1934

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