1. History

2. Design

3. References

Goliath is a crane in Rosyth Dockyard, Scotland, with a lift capacity of {{convert|1000|t}}, the largest in Britain.

History

The Goliath was brought to Rosyth from Shanghai in 2011.^[1] The crane was used for the assembly of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.^[2] The crane, which cost £12.2 million, is part of a £80 million investment at Rosyth to allow the assembly of the aircraft carriers.^[2][4] In 2016, it was announced by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance that the Goliath was to be sold. As of 2019 the decision to sell Goliath has been reversed. ^[1]

Design

The crane was built by Zhenhua in China, and shipped to the UK partially assembled.^[3] After being delivered with the girder and upper sections of the legs assembled, the crane was fully erected on the deck of the ship on which it was transported from Shanghai, before being transferred complete onto its rails.^[4] The delivery vessel had to be ballasted considerably in order to ensure a {{convert|2|m|adj=on}} clearance under the Forth Bridge.^[4]

It stands {{convert|68|m}} to the underside of the main beams, with a span of {{convert|120|m}}.^[3] Its full lifting capacity of {{convert|1000|t}} is provided by three hooks, two of which are suspended from an upper trolley (each hook having a 300 tonne capacity) and one from a central, lower, trolley with a 500 tonne capacity.^[5] While the three hooks have a greater cumulative lifting capacity than 1,000 tonnes, the total capacity is defined by the crane structure.^[5]

References

• 784th Tank Battalion (United States)
• 784th tank battlion
• 7:84 Troupe
• 785 in poetry
• 785th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
• 785 Zwetana
• 786 Bredichina
• 786 (number)
• 786th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
• 787 7th Avenue
• 787B
• 787 Moskva
• 787 Seventh Avenue
• 788 CE
• 788 Hohensteina
• 789 Lena
• 78 Aquarii
• (78) Diana
• 7,8-dihydroxykynurenate 8,8a-dioxygenase
• 78 (New Jersey bus)
• 78P/Gehrels
• 78 Records
• 78. Reserve-Division
• 78 rpm record
• 78s