Gladstone Dock
The Gladstone Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is Situated in the northern end of the dock system, it is conected to Royal Seaforth Dock to the north and Hornby Dock to the south. The dock is named for Robert Gladstone,a merchant from Liverpool and second cousin of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. Construction was completed in 1927, with 3 miles of Quays. It is now operated by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company. The graving dock was completed in 1913, it was designed to take the largest trans-Atlantic steamers and was 1050ft long and 120ft wide. During WWII ASW, convoy escorts and minesweepers were based in the dock. On January 24 1953 The liner Empress of Canada burnt in Gladstone Number One Branch Dock. In 1971 transatlantic passenger services stoped using the docks. The entrance into the Royal Seaforth Dock, which opened in 1972, is through Gladstone Dock.
External links http://www.merseydocks.co.uk/index2.htm http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2.htm http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/gladstone/gladstone.htm http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/empcanada.html
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