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HMS Veteran (1919)
HMS ''Veteran'' was an V and W-class destroyer, Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in April 1918 from John Brown & Company under the 14th War Program. She was the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name. Construction HMS ''Veteran''s keel was laid on 30 August 1918 at the James Brown & Company Shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland. She was launched on 26 April 1919. She was 312 feet overall in length with a beam of 29.5 feet. Her mean draught was 9 feet, and would reach 11.25 feet under full load. She had a displacement of 1,140 tons standard and up to 1,550 full load. She was propelled by three Yarrow boiler, Yarrow type water tube boilers powering Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines developing 27,000 Horsepower#Shaft horsepower, shp driving twin propellers for a maximum designed speed of 34 knots. She was oil-fired and had a bunkerage of 320 to 350 tons. This gave a range of between 3500 nautical miles at 15 knot (unit), knots to 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King George V Dock, London
King George V Dock is one of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands. History Begun in 1912 by the Port of London Authority, the King George V was the last of London's upstream enclosed docks to be built. After delay by the First World War, construction was completed in 1921. Although at of water it was smaller than the other royals, it had its own entrance from the Thames through a lock and bascule bridge. The dock could berth liners as large as the . At its western end was a large graving dock (since filled in) and machine shop used for ship repairs by Harland and Wolff. From the 1960s onwards, the King George V Dock experienced a steady decline – as did all of London's other docks – as the shipping industry adopted containerisation, which effectively moved traffic downstream to Tilbury. It finally closed to commercial traffic along with the other Royal Docks in 1981. Redevelopment in the late 20th century included the const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
