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Deptford Dockyard
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Deptford Dockyard was an important naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames, operated by the Royal Navy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It built and maintained warships for 350 years, and many significant events and ships have been associated with it.
The yard in its heyday. The launch of the 80-gun HMS Cambridge from the Great Dock in 1755, depicted by John Cleveley the Elder. In the foreground a f
The yard in its heyday. The launch of the 80-gun HMS Cambridge from the Great Dock in 1755, depicted by John Cleveley the Elder. In the foreground a first rate warship rides at anchor, while another warship nears completion on the slipway in the centre background.
Painting of the Dockyard by Joseph Farington, c.1794, showing (left to right along the shore): - Officers' houses & offices - The double dry dock (and
Painting of the Dockyard by Joseph Farington, c.1794, showing (left to right along the shore): - Officers' houses & offices - The double dry dock (and beyond it the smithery) - Quadrangular Great Storehouse - A pair of shipbuilding slips - Wet dock (or basin) - Shipbuilding slip - Mast houses and mast pond - Boat house - New mast house and pond (See plan below for further details).
Tudor date stone from the Grand Storehouse, marked 'A°X' [in the Year of Christ] and '1513', either side of the royal cypher of Henry VIII.
Tudor date stone from the Grand Storehouse, marked 'A°X' [in the Year of Christ] and '1513', either side of the royal cypher of Henry VIII.
HMS St Albans being floated out of the Great Dock onto the Thames at Deptford in 1747 (depicted by John Cleveley the Elder). Also shown are the Master
HMS St Albans being floated out of the Great Dock onto the Thames at Deptford in 1747 (depicted by John Cleveley the Elder). Also shown are the Master Shipwright's House (built in 1705, left) and the Great Storehouse (rebuilt by 1739, right).
Royal Navy Dockyard
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Royal Navy Dockyards were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired and refitted. Until the mid-19th century the Royal Dockyards were the largest industrial complexes in Britain.
Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, founded 1496, still in service as a Naval Base.
Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, founded 1496, still in service as a Naval Base.
Careening wharf and storehouses built by the Royal Navy in the 1760s, Illa Pinto, Port Mahon, Menorca.
Careening wharf and storehouses built by the Royal Navy in the 1760s, Illa Pinto, Port Mahon, Menorca.
18th-century storehouse, 19th-century dry dock and 20th-century warship preserved at Chatham
18th-century storehouse, 19th-century dry dock and 20th-century warship preserved at Chatham
Barracks accommodation alongside No.5 Basin and the former coaling wharf at Devonport
Barracks accommodation alongside No.5 Basin and the former coaling wharf at Devonport