Sentence examples for dry berth from inspiring English sources

He said the hull is suspended from 12 cantilevered arms on a concrete beam running along the sides of the dry berth.

The Cutty Sark, the world's only surviving tea clipper, was lifted about 11ft 6in above the bottom of its dry berth in Greenwich, south east London.

In 1957, fully restored, the ship was installed in a concrete dry berth near the River Thames at Greenwich, London, and was opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II as a maritime relic and sailing museum.

The survey reflected that, although her hull leaks, her keel and main supporting internal structure is sufficiently strong to support the weight of the ship in a dry berth.

Again, an independent maritime engineering firm was contracted to study the full range of dry berth alternatives and to present a report of their findings to BTF and to TPWD.

TPWD, acting on the report of the ship's condition, and on the report of the engineering viable dry berth alternatives, and on their internal studies and reports, prepared a progress report which they presented to the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) in late July 2008.

Once it was determined that dry berthing was physically possible for the ship, it was necessary to make a preliminary evaluation of the engineering viable ways in which dry berthing could actually be accomplished.

If the ship is not structurally sound enough to support herself when permanently resting on keel blocks, then the question of dry berthing would be moot.

After a lengthy selection process and fee negotiations, TPWD signed a contract with AECOM, on 26 October 2010, to design and develop the plans for Texass dry-berth.

The Legislature allowed the voters of Texas to express their opinion and on 6 November 2007 Texas voters approved $25 million in funds to dry-berth the ship to prevent further deterioration from the corrosive waters of the ship channel.

But long after other ships have returned home, the ramshackle Ukrainian schooner Bat'kivshchyna remains in port here, awaiting a berth in dry dock for badly needed repairs and negotiating to spend the winter just up the Thames River in Norwich.