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Has it changed for the better, or were those really the "good old days"? I remember being in awe of the sheer size of it and the amount of hustle and bustle that was all about. Div Royal Marine Light Infantry who died 05/05/1915 HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey (including Gallipoli) '
These were designed by Captain, No 7 Slip is one of the earliest examples of a modern metal, No 2 Dry Dock 1856 was built on the site of "The Old Single Dock" where HMS, No 3 Dry Dock 1820, the first to be constructed of stone, was designed by, No 4 Dry Dock 1840 was built on the site of one of a parallel pair of docks built in 1686 (the second of which was converted into the adjacent slipway, No. if (year < 1000) year+=1900
The tarring process declined as, Iron Foundry 185561. Captain of the Dockyard's House 19th century. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Most significantly, Chatham's first dry dock was opened in 1581 (for repairing naval galleys). This website and its associated newspaper are members of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). [17], By this time the establishment, including the gun wharf, stretched one mile (1.6km) in length, and included an area of in excess of 95 acres (380,000m2). R Cock and N A M Rodger, A guide to the naval records in The National Archives of the UK (London 2006). Thereafter this was divided into three sections: 80 acres (0.32km2), the 18th century core of the site, was transferred to a charity called the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. Use our catalogue to search within the records series listed below. Brian said: "Chatham was more strict, you'd have to do your tie up and you couldn't roll up your sleeves.". 93rd Infantry Bde. Charles Dickens (18121870), who had grown up in Chatham, returned in later life and described in 1861 the novel sight (and sounds) of a ship being built for the first time of iron (rather than wood): Twelve hundred men are working at her now; twelve hundred men working on stages over her sides, over her bows, over her sterns, under her keel, between her decks, down in her hold, within her and without, crawling and creeping into the finest curves of her lines wherever it is possible for men to twist. At the same time, the nearby village of Brompton began to be developed to provide housing for the dockyard's growing workforce. [35] In 1968, a nuclear submarine refitting complex was built between Nos 6 and 7 dry docks, complete with refuelling cranes and health physics building.