40:
753:
1244:
534:
792:
588:
868:
1236:
200:
457:
324:
177:
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219:; a dockyard often had several commissioned hulks moored nearby, serving various purposes and accommodating various personnel, including new recruits. Things began to change when the Admiralty introduced more settled terms of service in 1853; nevertheless, thirty years were to pass before the first shore barrack opened, and a further twenty years before barracks at all three of the major home yards were finally completed. Through the course of the 20th century these barracks, together with their associated training and other facilities, became defining features of each of these dockyards.
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1402:, began flying anti-submarine air patrols on an ad hoc basis until the handing this duty over to United States Navy patrol aircraft. The United States Navy and United States Army were permitted to establish bases in Bermuda under 99-year leases during the war, with command of the North Atlantic split between the Royal Navy in the East and the United States in the West. The alliance would endure after the war, with profound effects on the Royal Naval establishment in the region and the status of the dockyard in Bermuda. After the
215:. Prior to this time, sailors were not usually quartered ashore at all, they were expected to live on board a ship (the only real exception being at some overseas wharves where accommodation was provided for crews whose ships were being careened). When a ship was decommissioned at the end of a voyage or tour of duty, most of her crew were dismissed or else transferred to new vessels. Alternatively, if a vessel was undergoing refit or repair, her crew was often accommodated on a nearby
1340:, which had been established in 1790, and the economic development of the central and western parishes of Bermuda. Although the navy had already begun buying property at the West End with the intent of constructing the dockyard there, there was little infrastructure west of St. George's at the time and no functional port at Ireland Island, hence the need at first to operate from St. George's Town, with Admiralty House first on Rose Hill in St. George's, then at Mount Wyndham above
549:(though Woolwich and Deptford, being close to the City of London, were for some time overseen directly by the Navy Board). The resident commissioners had wide-ranging powers enabling them to act in the name of the board (particularly in an emergency); however, until 1806 they did not have direct authority over the principal officers of the yard (who were answerable directly to the board). This could often be a source of tension, as everyone sought to guard their own autonomy.
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240:
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846:. Began to suffer from silting in the eighteenth century, but remained active. During the nineteenth century, other more accessible yards led on fleet repairs and maintenance, while Chatham focused more on shipbuilding. The following century, it specialised in building submarines. In 1960 the adjacent Royal Navy barracks and facilities were closed; the Dockyard itself closed in 1984. (Today the site is preserved as
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followed the war: Pembroke in 1947, Portland and
Sheerness in 1959/60, then Chatham and Gibraltar (the last remaining overseas yard) in 1984. At the same time, Portsmouth's Royal Dockyard was downgraded and renamed a Fleet Maintenance and Repair Organisation (FMRO). In 1987 the remaining Royal Dockyards (Devonport and Rosyth) were part-privatised, becoming government-owned, contractor-run facilities (run by
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1207:, an unsettled bay on the opposite side of the island; the climate there was not agreeable, however, there were high levels of sickness and the Navy abandoned Port Antonio in 1749. From 1735 wharves, storehouses and other structures were built anew at Port Royal, and these were updated through the nineteenth century. The yard closed in 1905. Now Naval Heritage Center.
1430:, which only stopped at Bermuda on its way to take up station in the West Indies and again on its departure) based there after 1951 were required to cross the Atlantic to Portsmouth for repairs. This base was finally closed in 1995, 200 years after the establishment of permanent Royal Navy forces in Bermuda. Site re-developed and now include
1977:. A Naval Hospital was established on site in 1832, and new facilities for servicing steam warships were added in the 1860s. Naval activity had substantially decreased by the end of the 19th century, but the island remained under Admiralty control until 1922. Still partially supports Falklands' Garrison at
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Furthermore, Royal
Dockyards began to be opened in some of Britain's colonial ports, to service the fleet overseas. Yards were opened in Jamaica (as early as 1675), Antigua (1725), Gibraltar (1704), Canada (Halifax, 1759) and several other locations. Following the loss of the thirteen North American
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and the Town of
Hamilton, which has become the colonial capital in 1815), facing Ireland Island and Grassy Bay across the mouth of the Great Sound, with the concurrent move of the anchorage and shore facilities to the West End. Bermuda became, first the winter (with Halifax serving this role in the
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Previously in use as an anchorage, a yard was established here to provide coal for the new steam-powered ships of the Navy. In the 1850s there were plans for dry-docks and building slips, but these were not carried through. Very active through two World Wars, the
Dockyard closed in 1959; site taken
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Rose to prominence during the wars with France, late 18th century. Expanded significantly in the nineteenth century with new facilities for steam engineering and ironclad shipbuilding. Privatised 1993. In
November 2013 the operator BAE Systems announced that it was closing its shipbuilding facility
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In addition to naval personnel and civilian workers, there were substantial numbers of military quartered in the vicinity of the Royal
Dockyards. These were there to ensure the defence of the yard and its ships. From the 1750s, naval yards in Britain were surrounded by 'lines' (fortifications) with
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but this was short-lived as it proved to be vulnerable to flooding). The Thames yards were pre-eminent in the sixteenth century, being conveniently close to the merchants and artisans of London (for shipbuilding and supply purposes) as well as to the
Armouries of the Tower of London. They were also
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until the establishment of the base at
Bermuda, subsequently designated as the main base in Summer, with the fleet moving to Bermuda for the winter. Ultimately, Bermuda (which was less vulnerable to attack over water or land) became the main base and dockyard year-round, with Halifax and all other
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saw activity across all the yards, and a new building yard opened at Rosyth. In contrast, the post-war period saw the closure of
Pembroke and Rosyth, and the handover of Haulbowline to the new Irish government – though the closures were reversed with the return of war in 1939. A series of closures
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In 1847 the government began construction on Dover's
Admiralty Pier, envisaged as forming the western arm of a protected haven. This project was only completed after work began on the eastern pier in 1898; the Admiralty Harbour was formally opened in 1909. During both World Wars Dover served as a
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In 1985 Parliament was given the following description of the functions of the two then remaining Royal Dockyards: "The services provided by the royal dockyards at Devonport and Rosyth to the Royal Navy fall into five main categories as follows: (a) Refit, repair, maintenance and modernisation of
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when this territory was leased from China at the end of the nineteenth century. The yard was expanded, and served as a regular summer anchorage up until the Second World War (though the territory, and with it control of the base, was returned to China in 1930). Used by Japanese forces during
744:, from the time of the Corps' establishment in the mid-18th century, were primarily based in the dockyard towns of Plymouth, Portsmouth and Chatham (and later also in Woolwich and Deal) where their barracks were conveniently placed for duties on board ship or indeed in the Dockyard itself.
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that followed. Apart from Harwich (which closed in 1713), all the yards remained busy into the eighteenth century – including Portsmouth (which, after a period of dormancy, had now begun to grow again). In 1690, Portsmouth had been joined on the south coast by a new Royal Dockyard at
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the dockyard was no longer deemed relevant to Royal Navy operations and was closed between 1951 (when a floating drydock was removed, and the yard status changed to a base) and 1958, when most of the dockyard, along with other Admiralty and War Office land in Bermuda was sold to the
196:. The number and size of dockyard basins increased dramatically in the steam era. At the same time, large factory complexes, machine-shops and foundries sprung up alongside for the manufacture of engines and other components (including the metal hulls of the ships themselves).
1839:, one of the world's deepest natural harbours. It was the Royal Navy's principal Mediterranean base for much of the eighteenth century; however the territory changed hands more than once in that time, before being finally ceded to Spain in 1802. The yard is still used by the
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Other, minor yards (with some permanent staff and basic repair/storage facilities) were established in a number of locations over time, usually to serve a nearby anchorage used by Naval vessels. For example, during 18th century a small supply base was maintained at
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in 1815. Before very long, new developments in shipbuilding, materials and propulsion prompted changes at the Dockyards. Construction of marine steam engines was initially focused at Woolwich, but massive expansion soon followed at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham.
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leased by the Navy Board for shipbuilding since the late eighteenth century. Active through to the end of World War One, the yard was closed temporarily in 1923, reopened in the 1930s and closed permanently in 1947. (A small naval base remained on the site until
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further along the coast). It was extended in 1869 in order to create a sizeable Royal Navy Dockyard, specialising in ship repair and maintenance. In 1923 the island was handed over to the Irish government; Haulbowline remains the principal Naval base of the
121:), the term 'Naval Base' began to gain currency as an official designation for the latter's domain. 'Royal Dockyard' remained an official designation of the associated shipbuilding/maintenance facilities until 1997, when the last remaining Royal Dockyards (
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in 1939, this was originally tasked with maintenance, repair, and replacement of the floatplanes and flying-boats with which the station's cruisers were equipped. With the outbreak of the Second World War, the air station, which relocated to
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Important shipbuilding centre, 16th-17th centuries. Experimental yard for new technology, early nineteenth century. Closed 1869. (The adjacent victualling yard, which supplied the Thames and Medway yards, remained open for a further 98
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which had been used by the Navy since 1671 as a place for shelter and maintenance. A number of buildings were constructed, and several remain (mostly from the 1780s). It served as Admiral Nelson's base in the West Indies during the
1669:, before closing in 1997. The RN also operated at the Kowloon Naval Yard from 1901 to 1959 (which is different from the Hong Kong & Whampoa dockyard at Hung Hom, known as the Kowloon Dockyard); this was primarily a
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The Clerk of the Survey post had been abolished in 1822. The office of Clerk of the Cheque was likewise abolished in 1830 (its duties reverting to the Storekeeper), but then revived as the Cashier's Department in 1865.
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was dramatically expanded and modernised, with the addition of three dry docks (one an unprecedented 852 ft (260 m) in length). HM Dockyard was closed in 1984. It is now operated as a commercial facility by
1129:, which benefitted from being stored ashore rather than left afloat, to help preserve their light wooden hulls. From 1856 Haslar provided the means to house, launch and haul them ashore by means of a steam-driven
1389:). Aside from the roles played by Royal Naval squadrons based at Bermuda during the two world wars, Bermuda also served as a forming-up point for trans-Atlantic convoys during both conflicts. Between the wars, a
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and ship maintenance (most yards provided for both but some specialised in one or the other). Over time, they accrued additional on-site facilities for the support, training and accommodation of naval personnel.
161:, a ship's wooden hull would be comprehensively inspected every 2–3 years, and its copper sheeting replaced every 5. Dry docks were invariably the most expensive component of any dockyard (until the advent of
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Woolwich Dockyard, pictured in 1790. Ships under repair and construction are prominently seen on the yard's two docks and three slips; shipbuilding timber is stacked in every available open space across the
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Built with a strategic view to countering the threat from Germany. Closed after World War One, reopened 1939, and has remained open since. Privatized in 1993, but continues to build and maintain Britain's
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Originally built for storing and refitting; for much of its history served as a support yard for Chatham. Shipbuilding began in 1720 (mostly smaller ships). Entire dockyard rebuilt to a single design by
520:. As of 2019, all three (along with other privately owned shipyards) continue in operation, to varying degrees, as locations for building (Rosyth) and maintaining ships and submarines of the Royal Navy.
602:(viz Woolwich, Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth) there was an additional officer, the Clerk of the Ropeway, who had a degree of autonomy, mustering his own personnel and managing his own raw materials.
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up until the 1990s, the Royal Navy had a policy of establishing and maintaining its own dockyard facilities (although at the same time, as continues to be the case, it made extensive use of private
173:-houses were often built for the purpose of careening at yards with no dock: a system of pulleys and ropes, attached to the masthead, would be used to heel the ship over giving access to the hull.
400:(where the Spanish Government allowed Britain to retain a naval base; once the United States took possession of Florida, Bermuda was the only British port remaining between the Maritimes and the
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The origins of the Royal Dockyards are closely linked with the permanent establishment of a standing Navy in the early sixteenth century. The beginnings of a yard had already been established at
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and others. By the 18th century, Britain had a string of these state-owned naval dockyards, located not just around the country but across the world; each was sited close to a safe harbour or
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and excavation, as well as new docks and slips and buildings of every kind) lasted from 1765 to 1808, and were followed by a comprehensive rebuilding of the Yard at Sheerness (1815–23).
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in Sydney Harbour, and established a small naval base there. In the 1880s it was substantially expanded (though no dry docks were built, as the Navy had use of the facilities at nearby
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113:. In the early 1970s, following the appointment of civilian Dockyard General Managers with cross-departmental authority, and a separation of powers between them and the Dockyard
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a large-scale programme of expansion and rebuilding was undertaken at the three largest home yards (Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth). These highly significant works (involving
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1460:(site of a small naval hospital and coaling station since the mid-1850s). In 1887, a naval base was located at Work Point. In 1905, the Royal Navy abandoned its base, but the
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since 1843. Significant expansion for steam engineering, 1844–53 and 1896–1907. Shipbuilding ceased in 1971, but the Yard remains active as a maintenance and repair facility.
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was built by the Admiralty in the mid-19th century to help protect ships taking coal on board; because of its key position, midway between Devonport and Portsmouth in the
1855:(1704) (Imperial fortress) A small base served the Royal Navy in this strategically important location throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. At the start of the 20th,
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was established in the North Yard of the dockyard. Operated by the Royal Air Force on the navy's behalf until the Royal Navy took over complete responsibility for the
404:, being somewhat nearer Nova Scotia). Being more defensible than Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in a position to command the American seaboard (the nearest landfall being
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was established at Steamer Point; the base had been in use from at least 1839 and remained in use by the Royal Navy until 1966. It served as the headquarters of the
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close to most of the major and minor Naval Dockyards in Britain, in addition to several of them overseas (the oldest dating from the early 1700s). As the age of
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The next tier of officers included those in charge of particular areas of activity, the Master-Caulker, Master-Ropeworker, Master-Boatbuilder, Master-Mastmaker.
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at Bermuda's East End in 1795, after a dozen years spent charting the surrounding reef line to find a channel suitable for ships of the line, but following the
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just along the river from Henry's palace at Greenwich. As time went on, though, they suffered from the silting of the river and the constraints of their sites.
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began as a simple careening wharf, with a capstan house and storehouse. It gradually grew, though the Admiralty was also investing in commercial facilities in
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In addition to docks and slips, a Royal Dockyard had various specialist buildings on site: storehouses, sail lofts, woodworking sheds, metal shops and forges,
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1175:. The yard closed in 1882 and left abandoned until 1951, but has since been restored and is open to the public as a cultural centre and public marina called
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157:) for maintenance; (dry docks were also sometimes used for building, particularly pre-1760 and post-1880). Regular hull maintenance was important: in the
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1748:(which when opened was the world's largest dry dock). The Naval Base and Dockyard fell into Japanese hands during World War II, and became the target of
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for stock and subsequent issue to the Royal Navy; (c) Installation and maintenance of machinery and equipment in naval establishments; (d) Provision of
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to Royal Navy vessels alongside in the naval base and to adjacent naval shore establishments; and (e) manufacture of some items of ships' equipment".
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584:(In practice there was a deliberate overlap of responsibilities among the last three officials listed above, as a precaution against embezzlement).
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rather than 'HM Dockyard' in official publications (though the latter term may have been used informally); they are included in the listings below.
1621:. Trincomalee was threatened with closure in 1905 as the Admiralty's focus was on Germany, but it remained in service, and was headquarters of the
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from 1798 to 1813. Later became commercial hub for shipyards and wharfs. Since filled in and re-developed as retail and residential neighbourhood.
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at 640 miles), the Admiralty began buying land at Bermuda's West End in 1795 for the development of what would become the main base, dockyard and
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was towed here from Portsmouth in 1914 and was in use for the duration of the war. Closed after the war, but the Navy maintained the site as an
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Unlike all the previous yards, Pembroke was built purely for shipbuilding rather than for repair and maintenance. It was successor to a yard at
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with the building of a dry dock in 1496; but it was on the Thames in the reign of Henry VIII that the Royal Dockyards really began to flourish.
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also remained in frequent use. The channel through the barrier reef, which led to Murray's Anchorage and the Great Sound, was originally named
1352:, became the first base, with other properties at the East End leased or acquired to support it. The blockade of US Atlantic ports during the
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Ships in commission (and along with them the majority of Naval personnel) were not under the authority of the Navy Board but rather of the
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were built, based, repaired and refitted. Until the mid-19th century the Royal Dockyards were the largest industrial complexes in Britain.
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While the term 'Royal Dockyard' ceased in official usage following privatisation, at least one private-sector operator has reinstated it:
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2242:"Research guide B5: Royal Naval Dockyards : The Royal Navy : Research guides : The Library : Researchers : RMG"
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in several Dockyard locations, which furnished warships with their provisions of food, beer and rum. In the mid-eighteenth century the
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long before the Navy took charge. Several warships were built under contract in these yards in the early eighteenth century, as was
188:(in some cases), pumping stations (for emptying the dry docks), administration blocks and housing for the senior dockyard officers.
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272:) increasingly became the official designation. While, as this phrase suggests, the primary meaning of 'Dockyard' is a Yard with a
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at Bermuda's 'West End', was opened in 1809 on land purchased following US independence. The Royal Navy had established itself at
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system. Overseen by a Master-Shipwright, the Yard stayed in use until 1906, after which it remained in Naval hands as a base for
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644:) began to be commissioned. They began to be given the rank and appointment of "Staff Captain (Dockyard)" (modified in 1903 to "
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although Erith dockyard closed it was an important center of naval administration of the English Navy from 1514 into the 1540s.
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provides the facility for nuclear submarines to visit for operational or recreational purposes, and for non-nuclear repairs.)
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of 1692, and a succession of damaging hurricanes, a concerted attempt was made from 1729 to relocate Jamaica's naval yard to
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With the abolition of the Navy Board in 1832, the Admiralty took over the dockyards and the commissioners were replaced by
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Royal Dockyards were established in Britain and Ireland as follows (in chronological order, with date of establishment):
648:"). In several instances, the appointment of Master Attendant or Captain of the Dockyard was held in common with that of
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In 1875, the Master-Shipwrights were renamed Chief Constructors (later styled Manager, Constructive Department or MCD).
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through the channel to anchor there for the first time in 1794) but to the entire northern lagoon, the Great Sound and
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In the latter half of the 19th century, those being appointed as Master Attendants (in common with their namesakes the
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established Naval Hospitals in the vicinity of Plymouth Dock and Portsmouth; by the mid-nineteenth century there were
516:, respectively); full privatisation followed ten years later (1997). The following year Portsmouth's FMRO was sold to
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the Master-Shipwright (in charge of shipbuilding, ship repair/maintenance and management of the associated workforce)
497:. Meanwhile, the Thames-side yards, Woolwich and Deptford, could no longer compete, and they finally closed in 1869.
1756:(who have since built 2 more modern bases in the island nation); there is, however, a continuing RN presence at the
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began in the 1890s as a small complex of wooden storehouses; since 1913 it has served as the principal base of the
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165:). Where there was no nearby dock available (as was often the case at the overseas yards) ships would sometimes be
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The leading Royal Dockyard during the 16th–17th centuries, when the Fleet was principally based in and around the
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1661:; Tamar remained operational after the closure of the dockyard (albeit on a smaller scale) until the year before
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1728:. Other facilities were located in Calcutta, and several other places in the Indian administration – e.g. Aden.
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With the development of steam technology in the 1840s came the senior Dockyard appointment of Chief Engineer.
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The Principal Officers of a Dockyard were customarily housed in a terrace of houses, as seen here at Sheerness
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which enabled control of the Atlantic Ocean and its connected seas. The Royal Dockyards had a dual function:
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the Clerk of the Survey (in charge of maintaining a regular account of equipment and the transfer of goods)
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For centuries, in this way, the name and concept of a Royal Dockyard was largely synonymous with that of a
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1553:, Canada. The RN dockyard operated at Point Frederick from 1789 to 1853; the site was expanded during the
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replaced it in 1910. Partially home to Pacific Command of the RCN, historic buildings are now preserved.
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Royal Navy vessels; (b) Overhaul and testing of naval equipments, including those to be returned to the
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One thing generally absent from the Royal Dockyards (until the 20th century) was the provision of naval
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were built here. Fort Lennox historic site is now preserved. Rest of island is naturalised as parkland.
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Covered slip no. 1, Devonport: the only complete surviving eighteenth-century slip on a Royal Dockyard.
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A lively depiction of Deptford Dockyard in the mid-eighteenth century (John Cleveley the Elder, 1755).
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Careening wharf and storehouses built by the Royal Navy in the 1760s, Illa Pinto, Port Mahon, Menorca.
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presence, which provides a maintenance capability. Gibraltar's naval docks are an important base for
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for a time during World War II. In 1957 it was handed over to the Royal Ceylon Navy; today it is the
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Important shipbuilding centre, 16th–17th centuries. Became a specialist steam yard 1831. Closed 1869.
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provided for the soldiers manning them. A century later these 'lines' were superseded by networks of
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363:(established 1567) had overtaken them to become the largest of the yards. Together with new Yards at
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1771:, is now the main recreation and welfare centre for US Navy personnel, known as the 'Terror Club'.
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Part of the 17th-century Officer's Terrace survives in Devonport, but it was mostly destroyed in
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summer), and then the year-round, main base and dockyard of the station, which was to become the
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used by the fleet. Royal Naval Dockyards were the core naval and military facilities of the four
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1752:. The base was transferred to the Singapore government in 1971, but is no longer in use by the
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For a long time, well into the eighteenth century, a Royal Dockyard was often referred to as
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18th-century storehouse, 19th-century dry dock and 20th-century warship preserved at Chatham
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dry docks were planned but never built. Where a dock was neither built nor planned (as at
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Support for the Fleet: Architecture and engineering of the Royal Navy's bases, 1700–1914
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For much of the twentieth century, the principal Dockyard departments were overseen by:
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Commissioner's House, Chatham (1703: the oldest intact building in any Royal Dockyard).
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all the home yards were kept very busy, and a new shipbuilding yard was established at
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led to HMD Bermuda being reduced to a naval base from 1951 until its final closure (as
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1575:(1763–1813). Island has naturalised and now owned by Parks Canada. Not open to public.
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over as a commercial port. (Adjacent Naval Base and RN Air Station closed in 1995–99).
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were established alongside several yards, and at strategic points around the globe.
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was the first Royal Dockyard, dating from the late 15th century; it was followed by
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2325:"1998 - F.M.R.O. taken over by Fleet Support Limited"
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1961:A dockyard and naval base was established in 1816
371:, Chatham was well-placed to serve the Navy in the
2487:Tudor sea power : the foundation of greatness
1472:, Canada (1759) (Imperial fortress). Operated as
1239:Dockyard Commissioner's House in Bermuda (1823–31)
2610:"1912 – Largest Floating Dock Arrives Portsmouth"
1557:. It is now closed, this yard was near where the
1336:, making the channel vital to the success of the
1316:, after its surveyor, Lieutenant (later Captain)
1066:during World War II, finally withdrawing in 1993.
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1705:(1811), both of which had been dockyards of the
1444:, Canada. In 1865, the Royal Navy relocated its
1251:under construction (left) and the old fortified
1076:Naval Base and operational through World War II.
541:Management of the yards was in the hands of the
260:referred to "His Majesty's new Dock and Yard at
225:Director General of Stores and Transport (Navy)
2739:"Fort Lennox National Historic Site of Canada"
2514:. London, England: Penguin. pp. 222–223.
2464:. London, England: Penguin. pp. 222–223.
1650:There was an RN Dockyard from 1859 to 1959 on
2686:"Story behind historic map of island's reefs"
1780:The Royal Navy inherited a small dockyard on
1677:since 1997 and rest became the Tamar Complex
1005:in 1811 (in succession to an earlier base at
2616:. Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust
2368:Pepys's Navy: ships, men and warfare 1649–89
1818:, became the main base for the Royal Navy's
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662:Manager, Constructive Department (MCD)
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1597:Naval Shipyards, York (Upper Canada)
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2428:. Seaforth Publishing. p. 75.
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1383:South East Coast of America Station
1360:. Admiralty House moved in 1816 to
863:Royal Navy Dockyard, Pembroke, 1860
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468:under construction at Rosyth, 2013.
24:
2781:Ram, Krishnamurthy Venkat (2009).
2666:. English Heritage. Archived from
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2019:dockyards in Cape Town and nearby
1918:which is based there to this day.
1589:until 1856. Now site preserved as
1263:1933 HMS Norfolk Summer cruise map
1191:A naval official was stationed in
671:Senior Naval Stores Officer (SNSO)
418:North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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2268:Copy of government briefing paper
1688:Dockyard building of 1807, Mumbai
1796:
1740:was established in the 1930s at
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1565:Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard
1559:Royal Military College of Canada
1509:Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
668:Senior Electrical Engineer (SEE)
650:King's or Queen's Harbour Master
359:By the mid-seventeenth century,
149:were used for shipbuilding, and
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2285:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
2179:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
2074:Hawkins, Duncan (Spring 2015).
1914:was handed over to the nascent
1720:, is now in the custody of the
1665:. It then relocated briefly to
1379:America and West Indies Station
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32:Royal Dockyard (disambiguation)
2684:Jones, Simon (12 April 2016).
2395:"Portsmouth Dockyard timeline"
2381:"Portsmouth Dockyard timeline"
2300:"Sales of the Royal Dockyards"
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1847:was established here in 1711.
1058:. A 2.25 acres (0.91 ha)
58:facilities where ships of the
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2711:Lagan, Sarah (8 April 2016).
2640:Cromarty Forth Port Authority
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2027:is now in the custody of the
1994:Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden
1814:, previously operated by the
1613:(1813) The naval dockyard at
1547:Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard
1470:Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
1438:Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard
1278:Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
795:Shipbuilding slips at Chatham
616:
2485:Childs, David (March 2010).
2138:. Swindon: English Heritage.
1912:HM Naval Yard, Garden Island
1864:, although there is still a
1806:(1800) (Imperial fortress)
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507:Devonport Management Limited
441:No. 1 at HMD Bermuda in 1934
256:, as appropriate). In 1694,
73:, both at home and abroad).
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2661:"Historic Buildings Report"
2370:, Seaforth Publishing 2008.
2050:Royal Naval Armaments Depot
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1746:King George VI Graving Dock
1377:(ultimately designated the
1328:, who led the fleet of the
1001:was established as a Naval
309:British Ministry of Defence
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1951:
1943:South African Naval Museum
1744:. It was built around the
1579:Penetanguishene Naval Yard
1070:Scapa Flow Dockyard (1939)
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2768:30 September 2007 at the
2546:History of the South Yard
2422:Puddefoot, Geoff (2010).
1996:, and was a base for the
1411:. However, a small base,
848:Chatham Historic Dockyard
676:Associated establishments
311:, reverted to calling it
303:, which in 2011 acquired
163:marine nuclear facilities
129:) were fully privatised.
2743:Canada's Historic Places
2596:18 November 2007 at the
2055:Arson in royal dockyards
2017:Dutch East India Company
1908:Cockatoo Island Dockyard
1791:People's Liberation Army
1464:headquarters of the new
1294:Admiralty House, Bermuda
1080:
748:United Kingdom dockyards
386:United States of America
313:Devonport Royal Dockyard
2812:Naval Dockyards Society
2578:7 February 2012 at the
2535:Naval Dockyards Society
2305:. National Audit Office
2134:Coad, Jonathan (2013).
2045:Naval Dockyards Society
2025:Naval Base Simon's Town
1519:Grand River Naval Depot
1432:Bermuda Maritime Museum
1391:Royal Naval Air Station
696:, which set up its own
659:Captain of the Dockyard
646:Captain of the Dockyard
624:Admiral-Superintendents
439:Admiralty Floating Dock
2573:Pembroke Dock: History
2510:Rodger, N.A.M (1997).
2460:Rodger, N.A.M (1997).
2174:"Devonport and Rosyth"
2158:Lavery, Brian (1989).
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1932:Royal New Zealand Navy
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1857:HM Dockyard, Gibraltar
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1523:Port Maitland, Ontario
1478:North American Station
1330:North American Station
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2083:London Archaeologist
1975:West Africa Squadron
1750:Allied bombing raids
1701:Dockyard (1796) and
1513:Amherstburg, Ontario
1373:after absorbing the
1354:American War of 1812
1290:American War of 1812
1135:Coastal Forces craft
993:Haulbowline Dockyard
48:Royal Navy Dockyards
18:Royal Navy Dockyards
2552:on 1 January 1824).
2252:on 14 January 2012.
1990:HM Naval Base, Aden
1969:'s imprisonment on
1843:. One of the first
1835:was established at
1833:Port Mahon Dockyard
1820:Mediterranean Fleet
1667:Stonecutters Island
1466:Royal Canadian Navy
1409:Colonial Government
1358:Chesapeake Campaign
1310:St. George's Island
1166:was established at
1012:Republic of Ireland
777:Portsmouth Dockyard
710:Sick and Hurt Board
445:In the wake of the
402:British West Indies
319:Historical overview
95:Imperial fortresses
54:) were state-owned
2591:local history site
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1928:Devonport Dockyard
1890:
1707:East India Company
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1306:Murray's Anchorage
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65:From the reign of
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2690:The Royal Gazette
2614:Dockyard Timeline
2562:local news report
2162:. London: Conway.
1981:since the 1980s.
1591:Discovery Harbour
1498:Provincial Marine
1458:Esquimalt Harbour
1364:(near to the new
1286:St. George's Town
1272:Imperial fortress
1177:Nelson's Dockyard
1151:Nelson's Dockyard
1060:floating dry dock
973:Portland Dockyard
959:Pembroke Dockyard
939:Plymouth Dockyard
886:, and later as a
828:Deptford Dockyard
817:Deptford Dockyard
802:Woolwich Dockyard
706:Victualling Yards
702:Victualling Board
694:Board of Ordnance
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1404:Second World War
1366:Government House
1338:Town of Hamilton
1334:Hamilton Harbour
1189:Jamaica Dockyard
1110:(for vessels in
1102:(for vessels in
1003:Victualling Yard
905:Anglo-Dutch Wars
899:Harwich Dockyard
878:Kinsale Dockyard
838:Chatham Dockyard
738:Palmerston Forts
529:Senior personnel
483:Portland Harbour
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447:Seven Years' War
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1387:Pacific Station
1375:Jamaica Station
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1173:Napoleonic Wars
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1096:Napoleonic Wars
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1072:Established at
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1038:Dockyard (1913)
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