dockyard

Example Sentences

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Babcock already has a vast covered hall at the Fife dockyard in which two frigates can be built side-by-side without interruptions due to weather.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

In May the vessel finally left the Devonport dockyard where it had undergone a seven-and-a-half-year refit.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023

Solih insisted that the Indian military’s presence in the Maldives was only to build a dockyard under an agreement between the two governments and that his country’s sovereignty won’t be violated.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023

It is part of a regular test of the emergency notification system used in the event of a major incident at Devonport dockyard.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2023

In Amsterdam, he’ll stay with another of his father’s brothers, Jan, the director of the naval dockyard.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman