CONCRETE FLOATING DOCK FOR BRITAIN'S FAR EAST NAVY. 21 TO 24 MARCH 1945, WEST FLEET, BIRKENHEAD. THE FLOATING DOCK, AFD 67, WAS BUILT IN THREE MONTHS BY 300 BRITISH WORKMEN AND IS DESTINED TO KEEP BRITISH SHIPS IN THE FAR EAST IN FIGHTING TRIM. WARRANT SHIPWRIGHT R G ABRAHAM, OF CHATHAM, IS DOCKMASTER OF A CREW OF 16 RATINGS WHO ARE QUARTERED IN THE DOCK. MRS ABRAHAM ACCOMPANIED BY HER 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SHIRLEY, PERFORMED THE NAMING CEREMONY USING A BOTTLE OF PALE ALE. - Rear Admiral J W S Dorling, CB, climbing up one of the ladders on the floating dock

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