dockyard

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Sixteen are stored in Plymouth dockyard, but there is no plan for them to be scrapped there, so if the pilot is successful, that work is likely to be carried out in Fife.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

They described 19-year-old Zacharias Atkinson, also known as Puddy, as having "lived every moment to the fullest" after he was fatally injured at a privately-owned dockyard site in Bootle, Merseyside, on Wednesday afternoon.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

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