East Graving Dock
East Graving Dock is a dock in Dundee City, Scotland. East Graving Dock is situated nearby to Dundee International Submarine Memorial, as well as near the museum HMS Unicorn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Unicorn and Dundee International Submarine Memorial.
HMS Unicorn
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HMS Unicorn is a surviving sailing frigate of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction. HMS Unicorn is situated 440 feet southwest of East Graving Dock.
Dundee International Submarine Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundee International Submarine Memorial commemorates the 296 sailors and commandos lost on operations from the submarine base at Dundee in Scotland, HMS Ambrose, during World War II.
North Carr Lightship
Photo: Timwether, Public domain.
North Carr is the last remaining Scottish lightship. She is 101 feet in length, 25 feet in beam and 268 tons. The purpose of the vessel was to warn mariners by sight, light or sound of the dangers of the North Carr rocks which are situated 1.7 miles off Fife Ness at the turning point for vessels sailing between the Forth and the Tay. North Carr Lightship is situated 1,100 feet southwest of East Graving Dock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundee city centre and Dundee.
Dundee city centre
Suburb
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Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City Centre represented the full extent of the City of Dundee, Scotland. Now roughly encircled by the A991 dual carriageway, the city centre is now the main shopping and commercial district.
Dundee
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.
Stobswell
Suburb
Stobswell is an area of Dundee, Scotland with a population of approximately 10,000. It was originally a small hamlet outside the city until the Industrial Revolution caused the growth of Dundee.
East Graving Dock
- Type: Body of water
- Category: dock
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.46216° or 56° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.95663° or 2° 57′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C8VF26V+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 46823562OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dock
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