The floating drydock HM Bermuda was a wonder of its age. It was the centerpiece of the expansion of the Royal Naval Dockyard in the 19th century
and thus of the British Royal Navy's presence in the western Atlantic.
Gould and Souza, the authors of the IJNA article, note that while the remains appear to be a jumble of rusted iron, "the fact that [they] are preserved at all after
being subjected to repeated destructive processes since arriving at Spanish Point in 1908 is a testimonial to the robust nature of Victorian-era engineering
and construction."
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Some of the historical information for these pages is from:
"History and Archaeology of HM Floating Dock, Bermuda," by Richard A. Gould and Donna J. Souza,
The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (1996) 25(1):4-20.
Articles in the Bermuda Royal Gazette by Dr. Edward Harris, Executive Director of the National Museum of Bermuda.
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