A century on, Basra’s British-era shipyard going strong

By Mohammed Atie BASRA (Reuters) - Begun in 1918 by British troops, Basra's shipyard is surviving into old age with little maintenance, relying on its vintage machinery and the skill of its workers to keep going. Thousands of ships, including former dictator Saddam Hussein's yacht, have passed through the Iraqi shipyard's three docks, where a giant steam engine hauls them out of the water and up the century-old wooden tracks. There are no spare parts and no written manuals

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