J3676 : The 'Stena Europe' at Belfast
taken 13 years ago, 3 km from Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
at Ship Repair Quay in Belfast docks. She arrived on the morning of 23rd January 2012 for her annual dry-docking but had to berth here as the oil tanker 'Aberdeen' is in the adjacent 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 (now 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 do not need to be fully dry docked are repaired here.
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- J3676, 340 images (more nearby
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- Rossographer (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 23 January, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 24 January, 2012
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Irish:
J 360 764 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:37.0919N 5:53.7249W - Camera Location
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Irish: J 356 761
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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