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

A historic dockyard has been transformed into a "world-class centre" for wind, wave and tidal power projects following a £60m upgrade.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 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

The messages are a method of warning and informing the public in the event of a major incident at the dockyard, which is a regulated site overseen by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2023

The dockyard was vast and isolated—the ideal place for, say, a renegade god and his horde of demons to settle in.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda