LARGEST DRY DOCK OF INDIAN NAVY

Sept. 29, 2019

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh commissioned the largest dry dock of Indian Navy - The Aircraft Carrier Dock at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

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The aircraft carrier dry dock is capable of docking aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
It is also capable to dock IAC-I, the indigenous aircraft carrier which is under construction at Cochin shipyard and ships with tonnage up to 90,000 tonnes, making it the largest dry dock of the Indian Navy.
The dry dock, measuring 281 metres in length, 45 metres in width and 16.7 metres in depth, will allow multiple ship-docking, including two submarines at the same time.

Source : Times of India

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