Appendix VII- Docks

Appendix VII- Docks

Report containing the damage to the docks and ships in Malta. Provides updates on the repairs and subsequent hits of both the ships and the docks.

Two page typewritten report

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[underlined] APPENDIX VII [/underlined]
[underlined] DOCKS [/underlined]
[underlined] FLOATING DOCK NO. VIII. [/underlined]
11/6/1940 Shaken and strained by near misses (straddled).
20/6/1940 [deleted] Dock broken and Dock [/deleted] [deleted] s [/deleted] [inserted] S [/inserted] unk in a raid at midnight.
[underlined] No. 1 [/underlined]
[indecipherable] /4/1941 Main and drainage pump motors severely damaged. Dock out of use until 15/7/1941. Damage to masonry, deck out of use Mid April to Mid May, 1942.
[underlined] No. 2 [/underlined]
16/1/1941 [indecipherable]took wrecked by bomb. Power cables to pumping station damaged. Dock out of action until 20/2/1941.
23/3/1941 Pumping station hit by bomb. Dock coping damaged and displaced.
30//4/1941 “Encounter” hit by bomb whilst in dock and ship’s bottom severely damaged. West side of dock damaged and splinter holes in Caisson.
26/3/1942 Caisson damaged by splinters, flooded and immovable. “Lance” locked in dock.
5/4/1942 “Lance” hit, stern blown off, stocks and shores blown away large hole in side. Caisson punctured, dock and ship flooded.
12/9/1942 Dock dry, “Lance” floated and re-docked 29/10/42, floated 24/11/42 and undocked 12/12/42.
16/12/1942 No. 3 Caisson docked for repairs and No. 2 Dock in normal use again.
[underlined] No. 3. [/underlined]
7/9/1940 Slight damage to steps and altars. Caisson holed but repaired immediately.
16/1/1941 Power cables to pumping station damaged.
23/3/1941 Pumping station hit by bomb. Dock out of action until 24/4/1941.
30/4/1941 Caisson badly damaged by direct hit. Dock flooded and “Coral” sunk in dock. Dock out of action.
11/4/1943 Caisson repaired and re-placed. Dock pumped dry for clearance of debris, after which dock came into use again.
No. 4………
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[underlined] No. 4 [/underlined]
16/1/1941 Power cables to pumping station damaged.
29-30/4/1941 Hits on and alongside pumping station putting it out of action. Several craters on both sides of dock.
6/5/1941 Capstan at Bull Nose damaged. Dock out of use until 8/7/1941.
21/7/1941. to 20/8/1941 Dock out of use.
20/1/1942 Bomb hit on pumping station, damage to machinery. [indecipherable word] drainage and one main pump repaired and working again after 2 or 3 days.
4/4/1942 East side of dock damaged and “Penelope” in dock slightly damaged by debris, Caisson shaken and perforated.
11/4/42 “Kingston” in dock received direct hit broke her back and sank.
21/1/43 Dock pumped.
5/4/43 “Kingston” after-end floated
6/4/43 “Kingston” fore-end floated. Dock in use again.
[underlined] No. 5 [/underlined]
16/1/1941 Power cables to pumping station damaged.
29-30/4/1941 Hits on and alongside pumping station putting it out of action. Several craters on both sides of dock. Direct hit on “Fermoy” in Dock, Vessel holed.
3/5/1941 “Fermoy” again hit and sunk in dock. Vessel broken up in dock and cleared by 21st June.
6/5/1941 Capstan at Bull Nose damaged.
20/1/1942 Bomb hit on pumping station. Machinery damaged. One drainage and one main pump repaired and working again after 2 or 3 days.
25/3/1942 Bomb damage to side causing heavy seepage of water into dock necessitating flooding. Dock out of action but proved valuable used as a berth meanwhile.
14/1/1943 Dock partly pumped and re-flooded on 18/1/43 for further repairs to masonry leaks.
4/7/1943 Dock in normal use again.