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J3676 : The 'Stena Discovery' in dry dock, Belfast

near to Queens Island, Greencastle, Whitehouse, Ballymacarret and Sydenham, Ireland

The 'Stena Discovery' in dry dock, Belfast

The HSS 'Stena Discovery' in the Belfast Dry Dock J3676 : The Belfast Dry Dock.
After being withdrawn from service on the Harwich-Hook of Holland route just over 2 years ago, the ferry has sat around gathering dust in Belfast - see Link

for some images. Apparently it is now heading to a new life in Venezuela.
At Outfitting Wharf just in front of the dry dock are the dive and support vessel 'Union Beaver' J3676 : The 'Union Beaver' at Belfast and the tug 'Odin' J3676 : Tug 'Odin' at Belfast.

The Belfast Dry Dock

The Belfast Dry Dock, owned and operated by Harland and Wolff for ship repair purposes. By the early 1960s it was clear that the largest dock in Belfast, the Thompson Graving Dock (see J3576 : Thompson Graving Dock), was too small for modern tankers and bulk carriers then being constructed. The Harland and Wolff Dry Dock (known as the Belfast Dry Dock) was constructed between 1965-68 by Charles Brand and Sons to a design by Rendel, Palmer and Tritton. It is 1150 feet long by 160 feet wide and, when constructed, was one of the five largest docks in the world. The dock can accommodate ships up to 200,000gt.
Alongside the dock is Ship Repair Quay (formerly known as Outfitting Wharf). This was constructed some 7 years later in 1975 and has a total lineal quayage of 433 metres. Ships which to not need to be fully dry docked are repaired here.

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2009

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Grid Square: J3676, 143 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Ross (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Thursday, 23 April, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 23 April, 2009
Category: Dry dock (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: J 362 767 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:37.2285N 5:53.5228W
Photographer Location: Irish: J 357 762
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)