"Number 3 dock", the smallest at just over 50,000 tons of water capacity, was the first to be named in 1903 and was named King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra named the 60,000 ton "Number 2 dock" after herself in 1906, and the largest, "Number 1 dock", which could hold over 100,000 tons of water, was called the Prince and Princess of Wales dock, having been named by their Royal Highnesses in 1907, subsequently King George V and Queen Mary.In 1937 the warning of the Chiefs of Staff gave way to rearmament.