Calliope Dock

[3] At the time of its construction, it was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, and a strategic asset for the Royal Navy.

Coincidentally, one of the two first ships to enter it (as a show of her capacity) was HMS Calliope.

[3] Administered at first by the Auckland Harbour Board, by 1899 the dock and wharf had become underused and needed widescale maintenance.

[3] This led to the Auckland naval base moving from Torpedo Bay to Devonport, into a swamp area next to the dock.

[4][5][6] After World War I, the Royal Navy expanded the facilities in the area, including work to extend the dock and create more workshops to service the fleet.