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2. Fender (boating) - Wikipedia

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   In boating, a fender is an air-filled ball or a device in other shape and material used to absorb the kinetic energy of a boat or vessel berthing against a jetty, quay wall or other vessel. [1] Fenders, used on all types of vessels, from cargo ships to cruise ships, ferries and personal yachts, prevent damage to vessels and berthing structures ...

3. Sheerness Dockyard - Wikipedia

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   Sheerness Dockyard. View from Garrison Point Fort across the Gun Wharf and Boat Pond, Sheerness Dockyard, 1941. The Navy Board (until 1832); the Admiralty (after 1832). Sheerness Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the Sheerness peninsula, at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent. It was opened in the 1660s and closed in 1960.

4. Dock - Wikipedia

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5. Caisson (lock gate) - Wikipedia

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   A caisson is a form of lock gate. It consists of a large floating iron or steel box. This can be flooded to seat the caisson in the opening of the dock to close it, or pumped dry to float it and allow it to be towed clear of the dock. Graving docks at Birkenhead, closed by a variety of ship caissons and floating (sliding) caissons.

6. Slipway - Wikipedia

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7. Dock gate - Wikipedia

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