Suez shipyard has been established by the Khedive Said in 1854, who began to build the dry dock or graven dock when an agreement has been signed between the governor of Egypt Prince Said and the French company to construct a graven dock for ship repair and shipbuilding. The Shipyard was created in October 1866 to serve the ships of the Egyptian fleet and reconstruction and reform, where he was the nearest dock to Bombay, India and served multiple ships in the Royal British Navy, and was known as the Khedivial shipyard.