noun
Etymology
Origin of dockyard
Example Sentences
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The new exhibition will open at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre on 8 June, 200 years after Erebus was launched from the dockyard there in June 1826.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
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
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
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
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