Summary of Large Docks in H. M. Dockyards Which Will Receive the Following Classes of

Battleships and Cruisers

Source is the Dock Book, June 1909, published by the British Admiralty "For the Information of Officers in H. M. Service Only."

X - indicates where ships can be docked.
(X) - with Caisson in Outer Stop.

Chatham

Portsmouth

Devonport

Haulbowline ø

Gibralter

Malta

Bermuda

Simon's Bay

Hong Kong

Rosyth (about to be built)

Rosyth (about to be built)¶

Ships

5

6

7

8

9

12

13

14

15

North Lock

South Lock

New Lock**

2

3

8

9

10

North Lock

No. 1 Dock

1

2

3

3

4

5 and 6

7

Floating Dock

No. 1 Dock

No. 1 Dock

Dock

Lock

1st Class Battleships Neptune

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

(X)

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

St Vincent

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

(X)

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

Bellerophon

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

(X)

X

X

X*

X

X

X

X

Dreadnought

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

(X)

X

X

X*

X

X

X

X

Lord Nelson

-

-

-

-

X

-

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

(X)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

King Edward VII

-

-

-

-

X

-

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Swiftsure

X

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

(X)

-

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Duncan

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

(X)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Formidable

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

(X)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Canopus

X+

X+

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

(X)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Majestic

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

(X)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Royal Sovereign

-

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

(X)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

1st Class Cruisers Indefatigable

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

-

X

X

Invincible

-

-

-

-

X

-

(X)

(X)

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

++

-

-

-

X

(X)

X

X

(X)

X

X

Minotaur

-

-

-

-

X

-

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Duke of Edinburgh

X+

-

-

-

X

-

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Devonshire

X

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

(X)

-

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Monmouth

X

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Drake

-

-

-

-

X

-

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cressy

X

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

(X)

-

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Diadem

X

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

(X)

-

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Powerful

-

-

-

-

X

-

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

(X)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

* - Ships Lightened
+ - Under Certain Conditions
++ - With Caisson in Outer Stop, but no caissons are yet available for use in Outer Stops at Gibralter
** - The "New Lock" at Portsmouth is now under construction, and will be suitable for docking purposes. Expected to be finished in 1912.
¶ - The "New Lock" at Rosyth will be suitable for docking purposes when finished. Due for completion 1916.
ø - The head of the Dock at Haulbowline is being extended, and when finished the Dock will receive any of the ships indicated. Expected to be finished April 1910.

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