Dry dock
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A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft.
U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in a graving dock
A US Navy littoral combat ship in drydock, NASSCO 2012
Floating Dock. Woodcut from Venice (1560)
The Stockholm brig "Tre Kronor" in one of the historical dry docks on the island Beckholmen in central Stockholm
Henry VII of England
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Henry VII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henry holding a rose and wearing the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, painted by an unknown Netherlandish artist, 1505
Pembroke Castle in South Wales, the birthplace of Henry VII
Young Henry VII, by a French artist (Musée Calvet, Avignon)
Queen Elizabeth, Henry's wife