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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
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).
Convoys Wharf
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Convoys Wharf in Deptford is a former commercial wharf on the River Thames in London, currently awaiting redevelopment. It includes the site of Deptford Dockyard, built in the reign of King Henry VIII
Deptford Dockyard
…victualling yard, that had been established in the 1740s, continued in use until the 1960s, the land used by the dockyard was sold; the area (known as Convoys Wharf) is currently being redeveloped for housing, commercial, leisure and other purposes. Archaeological excavations took place at the dockyard in 2010–12…
Convoys Wharf as seen from the Thames Path in 2009.
Convoys Wharf as seen from the Thames Path in 2009.
Protest graffiti on the Grove Street gateway
Protest graffiti on the Grove Street gateway
Convoys Wharf
Convoys Wharf