page_title: Calliope Dock
hierarchical_section_title: Calliope Dock
caption_attribution_description: The HMNZS Resolution being overhauled in the Calliope Dock at the Devonport Naval Base in Auckland, New Zealand. Once the largest drydock of the British Empire in the Southern Hemisphere.
context_page_description: The Calliope Dock is a historical stone dry dock on the grounds of the Devonport Naval Base, in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. It was built in 1888 to service ships of the British Royal Navy, and is still in use today.
  As built it measured 525 ft by 110 ft, narrowing to 80 ft at the gate. The water on the sill was 33 ft deep. It was extended in 1936, 1943 and again in 1996.
context_section_description: The Calliope Dock is a historical stone dry dock on the grounds of the Devonport Naval Base, in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. It was built in 1888 to service ships of the British Royal Navy, and is still in use today.
  As built it measured 525 ft (160 m) by 110 ft (34 m), narrowing to 80 ft (24 m) at the gate. The water on the sill was 33 ft (10 m) deep. It was extended in 1936, 1943 (to 185 m (607 ft)) and again in 1996.
caption: Survey ship HMNZS Resolution of the Royal New Zealand Navy in the dock in 2008.
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