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The Belfast Dry Dock, owned and operated by Harland and Wolff for ship repair puposes. Here the 'Lagan Viking' is in the dock under repair - see J3676 : 'Lagan Viking' in dry dock, Belfast. By the early 1960s it was clear that the largest dock in Belfast, the Thompson Graving Dock (see J3576 : Thompson Graving Dock), was too small for modern tankers and bulk carriers then being constructed. The Harland and Wolff dry dock (known as the Belfast Dry Dock) was constructed between 1965-68 by Charles Brand and Sons to a design by Rendel, Palmer and Tritton. It is 1150 feet long by 160 feet wide and, when constructed, was one of the five largest docks in the world. The dock can accommodate ships up to 200,000gt.