Sentence examples for dockyard by from inspiring English sources
The phrase "dockyard by" is grammatically correct and usable in written English. It can be used to describe the location of a dockyard or to explain the relationship between a dockyard and another location or object. Example: The abandoned dockyard by the river was filled with rusted ships.
It turned out to be the dress uniform and presentation sword of Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, the officer who laid the Namur timbers to rest – and ended an era – when he arrived to take command of Chatham dockyard by steam launch.
In the early 1990s, the then defence secretary and Edinburgh Pentlands MP Malcolm Rifkind sacrificed thousands of jobs at the nearby Rosyth dockyard by giving the multi-billion pound Trident nuclear submarine refitting contract to Devonport dockyard in Plymouth, Saddler said.
In 1981, around 15,000 people had been employed at the local naval dockyards; by 1997, that figure was down to around 4,000, where it has remained ever since.
In the post-war years, it became a dystopian mixture of poverty, and the nitty-gritty of the cold war: a vast dockyard, surrounded by a huge wall, effectively cut the community in two, and around it were built endless three-storey, pebble-dashed tenement blocks.
The route to the dockyard was lined by British troops and the coffins carried and escorted by Polish Servicemen.
Dockyard Festival photo by Forograafniels.nl.nl
Dockyard Festival photo by Fotograafniels.nl.nl
The pieces of the propeller were kept by dockyard workers: "Hood" v "Renown" Jan . 23rd
The supercharger broke down in April 1942, and could not be repaired because of equipment shortages and restricted dockyard access caused by World War II.
All three ships were built in Nikolayev during World War I; two of the ships were built by the Rossud Dockyard and the third was built by the Associated Factories and Shipyards of Nikolayev.
London's Canary Wharf dockyard is under attack by a fleet of boats.
