Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are
able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the
public for several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains
useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor
accessible. This magazine published a letter of a certain W.M.M. who was eye
witness during the earthquake at St. Thomas some months after the hurricane.
P. 12: “The Bermuda floating dock will leave Sheerness for Madeira about the 28th inst., towed and accompanied by a .squadron of Her Majesty's ships. The dimensions are: Length, 381 ft.; width, extreme, 124 ft.; and height, 74 ft. 5 in. When ready for docking a vessel she will contain 22,000 tons of water, a considerable portion of which will, however, be discharged, in order to give the dock the lifting power necessary to raise the vessel out of the water. This lifting power is equal to 8,000 tons, so that the heaviest ironclad yet afloat can be lifted bodily, with runs, stores, &c, on board. The builders were Messrs. Campbell & Co., of Silvertown, under the direction of Colonel Clarke, K.E., the cost being something like 300,000l.”
Source
The Architect, volume 2, 3 July 1869.
P. 12: “The Bermuda floating dock will leave Sheerness for Madeira about the 28th inst., towed and accompanied by a .squadron of Her Majesty's ships. The dimensions are: Length, 381 ft.; width, extreme, 124 ft.; and height, 74 ft. 5 in. When ready for docking a vessel she will contain 22,000 tons of water, a considerable portion of which will, however, be discharged, in order to give the dock the lifting power necessary to raise the vessel out of the water. This lifting power is equal to 8,000 tons, so that the heaviest ironclad yet afloat can be lifted bodily, with runs, stores, &c, on board. The builders were Messrs. Campbell & Co., of Silvertown, under the direction of Colonel Clarke, K.E., the cost being something like 300,000l.”
Source
The Architect, volume 2, 3 July 1869.
