[1] Although at 64 acres (26 ha) of water it was smaller than the other royals, it had its own entrance from the Thames through a lock and bascule bridge.

At its western end was a large graving dock (since filled in) and machine shop used for ship repairs by Harland and Wolff.

From the 1960s onwards, the King George V Dock experienced a steady decline – as did all of London's other docks – as the shipping industry adopted containerisation, which effectively moved traffic downstream to Tilbury.

[2] Redevelopment in the late 20th century included the construction of London City Airport which was built on the north bank of the dock with a single runway and completed in 1987.

[3] King George V station on the London City Airport branch of the Docklands Light Railway, which opened in December 2005, is named after the dock.