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Giant Floating Victorian Drydock

40 points by dtj1123 5mo ago

jukujala 4mo ago
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- interloxia 4mo ago
  A couple of photos (also seen in terhechte's comment) https://images.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/?searchQuery=floating+dock+Bermuda https://images.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/?searchQuery=f... The gallery has some images and photos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Bermuda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Bermuda
- pseudalopex 4mo ago
  Don't post generated text or AI-edited text. HN is for conversation between humans.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
terhechte 4mo ago
There's a couple of great images in this article: https://nmb.bm/history/look-down-look-down/ https://nmb.bm/history/look-down-look-down/
- interloxia 4mo ago
  https://www.google.com/maps/place/32°18'22.7"N+64°48'59.9"W https://www.google.com/maps/place/32°18'22.7"N+64°48'59.9"W
  - dtj1123 4mo ago
    It hadn't occurred to me that the wreck would still be visible. This is amazing.
  - andai 4mo ago
    Street view nearby: https://www.google.com/maps/place/32%C2%B018'22.7%22N+64%C2%B048'59.9%22W/@32.3066596,-64.8158207,2a,51.4y,240.97h,89t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1RN4jihgVf-6C4ozOtQUxw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0.9964638422247702%26panoid%3D1RN4jihgVf-6C4ozOtQUxw%26yaw%3D240.9727923229226!7i13312!8i6656!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d32.3063056!4d-64.8166389?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/place/32%C2%B018'22.7%22N+64%C2%...
- moffkalast 4mo ago
  This photo looks so odd: https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011057-1536x1315.jpg https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011057-1536x13... Were cameras at the time really that good already? Or was it likely restored with some creative license?
  - pixelesque 4mo ago
    Yes, as long as you were happy to wait 30s for an exposure (on tripod), by 1850 (most of those photos were > 15 years later than that) there were many photos of good quality. Look at photos of Crystal Palace in 1851 for example.
- andai 4mo ago
  This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
- xnx 4mo ago
  This should be the link.
  - dtj1123 4mo ago
    Agreed
  - sen 4mo ago
    It really should be.
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Luc 4mo ago
The rigging on the surrounding ships is nonsensical. AI generated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Admiralty_floating_docks#/media/File:Floating_Dock_BERMUDA_Tafel1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Admiralty_floating_doc... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/HMS_Psyche_in_FD_Bermuda_at_HMD_Bermuda_on_Ireland_Island_in_the_Imperial_Fortress_colony_of_Bermuda_ca_1899-1902.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/HMS_Psyc...
- Leonard_of_Q 4mo ago
  Not to mention the presence of two small boats which are not the type you'd want to cross an ocean in.
- helsinkiandrew 4mo ago
  It looks like a (modern or old) version of this print: "The Bermuda Floating Dock, In Tow of H.M.Ss Warrior and Black Prince and Terrible astern Leaving Porto Santo for their Voyage across the Atlantic, July 4th 1869" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archive/arrival-bermuda-floating-dock-july-1869 https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archi...
  - jtbayly 4mo ago
    I don’t get it. It sounds like you are claiming the article image is not AI slop, but rather an old print. But then you link to something that isn’t even remotely like the article image.
    - thunfischbrot 4mo ago
      It looks like AI generated based on https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011054-1536x1053.jpg https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011054-1536x10... for what it’s worth. Would have preferred to see the original though. /e: this is likely not the illustration you were referring to I realize now.
      - 4mo ago
barryp 4mo ago
The US Navy's WW II floating drydocks in the Pacific were wild - whole battleships and aircraft carriers lifted up, fixed, and sent back out. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/the-massive-floating-dry-docks-of-the-pacific-fleet-that-could-carry-battleships-and-aircraft-carriers.html https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/the-massive-fl...

40 points by dtj1123 5mo ago

jukujala 4mo ago

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interloxia 4mo ago
A couple of photos (also seen in terhechte's comment) https://images.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/?searchQuery=floating+dock+Bermuda https://images.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/?searchQuery=f... The gallery has some images and photos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Bermuda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Bermuda
pseudalopex 4mo ago
Don't post generated text or AI-edited text. HN is for conversation between humans.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

terhechte 4mo ago

There's a couple of great images in this article: https://nmb.bm/history/look-down-look-down/ https://nmb.bm/history/look-down-look-down/

interloxia 4mo ago
https://www.google.com/maps/place/32°18'22.7"N+64°48'59.9"W https://www.google.com/maps/place/32°18'22.7"N+64°48'59.9"W
- dtj1123 4mo ago
  It hadn't occurred to me that the wreck would still be visible. This is amazing.
- andai 4mo ago
  Street view nearby: https://www.google.com/maps/place/32%C2%B018'22.7%22N+64%C2%B048'59.9%22W/@32.3066596,-64.8158207,2a,51.4y,240.97h,89t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1RN4jihgVf-6C4ozOtQUxw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0.9964638422247702%26panoid%3D1RN4jihgVf-6C4ozOtQUxw%26yaw%3D240.9727923229226!7i13312!8i6656!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d32.3063056!4d-64.8166389?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/place/32%C2%B018'22.7%22N+64%C2%...
moffkalast 4mo ago
This photo looks so odd: https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011057-1536x1315.jpg https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011057-1536x13... Were cameras at the time really that good already? Or was it likely restored with some creative license?
- pixelesque 4mo ago
  Yes, as long as you were happy to wait 30s for an exposure (on tripod), by 1850 (most of those photos were > 15 years later than that) there were many photos of good quality. Look at photos of Crystal Palace in 1851 for example.
andai 4mo ago
This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
xnx 4mo ago
This should be the link.
- dtj1123 4mo ago
  Agreed
- sen 4mo ago
  It really should be.

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Luc 4mo ago

The rigging on the surrounding ships is nonsensical. AI generated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Admiralty_floating_docks#/media/File:Floating_Dock_BERMUDA_Tafel1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Admiralty_floating_doc... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/HMS_Psyche_in_FD_Bermuda_at_HMD_Bermuda_on_Ireland_Island_in_the_Imperial_Fortress_colony_of_Bermuda_ca_1899-1902.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/HMS_Psyc...

Leonard_of_Q 4mo ago
Not to mention the presence of two small boats which are not the type you'd want to cross an ocean in.
helsinkiandrew 4mo ago
It looks like a (modern or old) version of this print: "The Bermuda Floating Dock, In Tow of H.M.Ss Warrior and Black Prince and Terrible astern Leaving Porto Santo for their Voyage across the Atlantic, July 4th 1869" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archive/arrival-bermuda-floating-dock-july-1869 https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archi...
- jtbayly 4mo ago
  I don’t get it. It sounds like you are claiming the article image is not AI slop, but rather an old print. But then you link to something that isn’t even remotely like the article image.
  - thunfischbrot 4mo ago
    It looks like AI generated based on https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011054-1536x1053.jpg https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011054-1536x10... for what it’s worth. Would have preferred to see the original though. /e: this is likely not the illustration you were referring to I realize now.
    - 4mo ago

barryp 4mo ago

The US Navy's WW II floating drydocks in the Pacific were wild - whole battleships and aircraft carriers lifted up, fixed, and sent back out. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/the-massive-floating-dry-docks-of-the-pacific-fleet-that-could-carry-battleships-and-aircraft-carriers.html https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/the-massive-fl...