South Brisbane Dry Dock is a heritage-listed dry dock at 412 Stanley Street, South Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by William David Nisbet and built from 1876 to 1887. It is also known as the Government Graving Dock. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
South Brisbane Dry Dock, 2016
The ship Ranelagh in the dry dock
Diamantina afloat on the Brisbane River in 2006, during repairs to the drydock at the Queensland Maritime Museum
Altars (stepped sides) of South Brisbane Dry Dock, 2007 (HMAS Diamantina to the right)
The Cairncross Dockyard was a shipyard beside the Brisbane River at 405 Thynne Road, Morningside, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It included one of Australia's largest graving docks with an 8.5 metre deep water access, capable of taking Panamax vessels of up to 85,000 dwt, up to 263 metres long x 33.5 metres wide. It is second in size only to the Royal Australian Navy's Captain Cook Graving Dock in Sydney.
Dock gate under construction, circa 1942
Looking towards the entrance during drydock construction, circa 1942
HMS LST-419 in Cairncross Dock, Brisbane, ca. 1943
Cairncross Dock, May 1954