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Boat House), remarkable for its size, for its 'efficient storage and handling arrangement' and above all for its remarkable structural innovations: 'The all-metal frame was made rigid by portal bracing, subsequently adopted by the skyscraper pioneers in Chicago, and universal for modern steel-framed building'.

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the place'. The Board acceded to the request and soon afterwards built four barrack-like lodgings for workers (such as shipwrights and artificers) alongside the naval store yard within the walls of the fort. Further accommodation was provided on the hulks which functioned as breakwaters on the foreshore.

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under Section 30 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, as buildings of special architectural and historical interest.' Nevertheless, several of these very significant Dockyard buildings were demolished in the years that followed, including Admiralty House in 1964 and the Quadrangular Storehouse

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The rebuilt Sheerness, which had been designed primarily for the repair and maintenance of sailing ships, soon found itself having to adapt to the changing demands of steam technology. Most particularly, because Chatham Dockyard was not expanded and adapted for steam until the 1860s, Sheerness found

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In all the project cost £2,586,083 and was largely complete by 1830. Sheerness was unusual among Dockyards in the unity and clarity of its design, having been built in one phase of construction, of a single architectural style according to a unified plan (rather than developing piecemeal over time).

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in the vicinity of Sheerness, most of the workers were initially housed temporarily in hulks moored nearby. In the 1680s the Board was petitioned by the officers of the yard to make 'some provision of habitations' for the workers and their families, who were 'suffering through the unwholesomeness of

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In 1677 a number of dockyard-related buildings were constructed within the walls of the fort. Beyond the gatehouse was an avenue, with a double row of houses for the senior officers of the yard on one side, and a large quadrangular naval store yard on the other. Within the fort, the Navy's buildings

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had its disadvantages, however. The vagaries of wind and tide, coupled with the restricted depth of the river, meant that vessels entering the river, for repairs or to replenish supplies at Chatham, could be delayed for considerable lengths of time. What was an inconvenience at times of peace became

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declared that Sheerness would continue to serve primarily as a refitting base, leaving Chatham Dockyard to focus on shipbuilding. Provision of a single covered slip, however, indicates that (as in the old yard) some shipbuilding was also envisaged. In the second half of the century, dry docks began

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foreshore as far as the main gate, after which the wall (as can still be seen) turned southwards past the officers' houses, before turning sharply and continuing in a westerly direction as far as the river (though deviating south again at one point to accommodate the mast houses at the southern end

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Sheerness Dockyard initially functioned as an extension to that at Chatham and it was overseen by Chatham's resident Commissioner for much of its early history (until the 1790s). It was conceived primarily for the routine repair and maintenance of naval ships; no shipbuilding took place there (with

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In February 1958 it was announced in Parliament that Sheerness Dockyard would close. The garrison was decommissioned in 1959 and on 31 March 1960 the closing ceremony took place for the Dockyard; the dockyard closure led to all 2,500 dockyard employees being made redundant. Once the Royal Navy had

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was built, to Greene's designs, replacing the manual saw pits built just 25 years earlier. Greene built a second Smithery in 1856, alongside the first, this time with an all-metal frame; a technique he took to new heights in 1858-60 with the building of a four-storey Boat Store (behind the Working

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The area between the residences at the east end and the basins and docks to the west was initially kept clear, in large part, to allow for storage of timber; though the artesian well (dated, on the Well House, to 1800) which had so transformed life in the old Dockyard, was located here in relative

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In 2016 the former Garrison Hospital of 1856, which had been threatened with demolition, was listed for being of special architectural and historic interest. Built on one of the defensive bastions outside the garrison gate, it latterly served as offices for the steelworks and is now owned by Peel

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Before the rebuilding of Sheerness was complete, the Admiralty was beginning to invest in steam propulsion for warships, with the opening of its first Steam Factory at Woolwich Dockyard in 1831. This marked the start of an era of fast-paced technological change, and in the 1840s massive expansion

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a serious impediment at times of war; and for this reason, warships based in the Nore would tend if possible to avoid entering the river, and would try to do all but the most serious repairs while afloat and at anchor. At the same time, those who were responsible for supplying warships with their

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after Crimea led to further new buildings in and around the Dockyard. An assortment of mechanical workshops - fitting shops, bending shops, boiler shops - began to fill available space around the basins and docks, and by the end of the century the old Working Mast House had become a Shipwright's

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The land to the north of the rebuilt Dockyard, lying between the perimeter wall and the Estuary foreshore, was almost entirely given over to the Garrison, which had been displaced by the rebuilding. On a long narrow strip of land was built officers' accommodation, guard houses, barrack blocks, a

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The Grade II* listed former Working Mast House, its cast iron frame 'part of an important strain in the early C19 development of metal and fire-proof structural systems, devised by Holl... One of the last surviving dock buildings from Rennie's planned dockyard, and one of only two examples of a

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In 2013, the trust also acquired the former Dockyard Church, which had been gutted by fire in 2001. A new charity was formed (the Sheerness Dockyard Preservation Trust) with a view to restoring the building and using it, among other things, to put Rennie's 1825 model of the Dockyard on public

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to provide new basins and docks, which were served by factories, foundries, boiler-makers, fitting-shops and other facilities for mechanical engineering. The Royal Navy was still for the most part a sailing Navy at this stage, with steam providing auxiliary power rather than the main means of

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of the Navy Board, issued authorisation for the works to begin and later recorded visiting Sheerness to measure out the site for the new dockyard. The plan was for a rectangular compound, containing a mast house, a store shed and a smith's forge, together with houses for the carpenter and the

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was established at Sheerness in 1842. Fifty years later it was given its own purpose-built accommodation. It was (again in common with equivalent institutions elsewhere) renamed as the Dockyard Technical College in 1952, before closing a few years later along with the rest of the yard.

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from the surrounding marshland all led to a lack of workers and caused construction delays. Nevertheless by 1672 the yard was likewise largely structurally complete. The following year saw the first officers appointed to certain key positions in the yard: John Shish as Master

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A Parliamentary report on the causes of the humiliating raid concluded that it 'was chiefly occasioned by the neglect of finishing the fort at Sheerenesse'. After the raid, the authorities moved quickly to repair the damage and complete the fortification of Sheerness.

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Pett had further plans for the development of the site, including a dry dock in place of the careening facility; he also advised fortifying the area to the north of the yard. Progress in this regard was slow, however, and it was not until early 1667 that the

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Peel Ports Operations Manager gives a video tour showing some of the surviving buildings, including the Mast House, Pump House, Frame Bending Shop, Boat Store, Garrison Point Fort, Officers' Residences, Police House, Pay Office, Saw Mill and Technical

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occupied a sizeable area close to the gatehouse, while the Ordnance Board had its own store yard and associated buildings to the north. The parade ground and barracks for the military garrison lay to the east, at the end of the aforementioned avenue.

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orchestrated its 'rescue and acquisition'; the area within the perimeter wall that was acquired (in the south-east corner of the former Dockyard) includes six Grade II* and four Grade II listed buildings which are now being restored and refurbished.

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The Grade II* listed North Saw Pits building, 'an example of the experimental iron construction developed by Rennie and Holl and pioneered in the dockyards. An important example of a free-standing iron frame, and forming part of a unique early C19

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By the early nineteenth century, the old hulks underpinning the reclaimed land of the Dockyard were seriously decaying and the site was becoming increasingly unstable. The Dockyard, however, was getting busier, since it (unlike the nearby Chatham,

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Historic England: a gallery of photos, mostly from c.1950 (showing several buildings and structures including the Quadrangle Storehouse, Archway Block, docks, basins, residences, the boat store, offices, Wildfire building, guard houses and well

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to be used for shipbuilding to some extent (especially as many of the old slips became too small for the fast-expanding size of new warships). At Sheerness, No.2 Dock was designated for this purpose and (like the slip) covered with a long

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on the English ships at anchor in the Medway. After their stocks of guns, ammunition and naval stores had been plundered both the fort and the dockyard were left in flames, along with a significant number of the ships moored in the river.

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50 listed structures were destroyed at Sheerness in the 20 years following its closure; but while much of the former Dockyard has been lost, much still remains, and that has received greater recognition and attention in recent years.

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Along the estuary foreshore, a further line of fortification was constructed, connecting de Gomme's defences at the northern end with those south of Blue Town. All along the foreshore, a series of guns were placed; and in 1850 a new

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The main Smithery, which stood behind the Quadrangle Store, had been provided with steam-powered hammers in 1846, and steam technology began to be used in various other parts of the yard; for instance, in 1856-8 a new steam-powered

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Along with the Boat Store a good number of other listed and unlisted buildings and structures survive, several of which are now also judged to have been innovatory in their use of metal as a construction material, for example:

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In 1854, a wing of the Victualling Store, which stood alongside the entrance to the Small Basin, was converted to serve as a Naval Barracks: a unique pre-20th century example of a shore building in Britain being used as a

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The Grade II* listed Archway Block,'of considerable interest as a fire-proof integrated timber workshop within the elder Rennie's plan for the completely rebuilt yard. Forms a central part of a unique planned early C19

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The southern part of the rebuilt Dockyard as seen from the river, c.1835: (l-r) part of the Dockyard Offices, the Victualling Store, Quadrangle Storehouse, covered No.2 Dock, Working Mast House, the new Town Pier, Blue

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with soil, with new hulks then being added as part of the process. In this way, the land occupied by the dockyard began to expand (as is clearly seen in a surviving model of the dockyard, created in 1774 and now in the

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The site was approximately triangular in shape when viewed from the air: Rennie's perimeter wall (1824–31) was built south-east from the Boat Basin (at the northernmost tip of the yard) running parallel with the

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house (1829) nearby, designed by Taylor. Further south, behind the mast houses, there was a small foundry; it was destined to grow significantly in later years as use of metal in shipbuilding vastly increased.

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one small exception) until 1691. While minor repairs were undertaken at Sheerness, ships requiring major work were usually sent on to Chatham, Woolwich or Deptford. Sheerness also functioned at this time as a

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The Grade II* listed Boat Basin with its docks and slip, including No.4 Dock: thanks to its surviving iron gates 'a uniquely complete example of early C19 dock technology, which Rennie perfected and refined'.

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describes 'the whole dockyard' as 'a notable feat of marine engineering, with all the masonry carried on piles, represent the greatest piece of dock engineering by one of the great engineers of the C19'.

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Very unusually, at Sheerness the Navy Board provided accommodation for the civilian workers of the dockyard and their families (in the hope of attracting people to work there). There being no established

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A view of Sheerness, c.1750, showing (left to right) the Governor's house (with flag), the mast house, a ship under construction on the slip, the tall white garrison gatehouse and various storehouses.

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watch list in 2010, noting that: 'Despite terrible losses, the site still contains a wealth of historic buildings. The problem now is that a majority of these structures stand empty and decaying.'

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on the river side. By November the yard was operational, and several large ships were sent there for repairs during the winter (albeit the yard struggled due to a lack of workers and materials).

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taking place along the river bank and extending south of the former Dockyard site. A steelworks, established in 1971 on what had been military land to the south of the Dockyard, closed in 2012.

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in 1978. The Small and Great Basins were also filled with rubble and covered over in the 1970s, along with Nos.1-3 Dry Docks, and to the east the former Garrison area was completely levelled.

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kilns (1828), beyond which a long two-storey building (known today as the Archway Block, 1830) was built to Holl's design; it consisted of five interlinked blocks, each of five bays, housing

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The situation was overtaken, however, by the escalating Anglo-Dutch conflict: on 10 June 1667 the still-incomplete fort was easily captured, together with the adjacent dockyard, by the

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itself under pressure to provide interim facilities for repair and maintenance of steam-powered ships based in the Nore. This became an immediate priority with the outbreak of the

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for a relatively modest rebuilding of the yard. Over the next three years, both Bentham and Rennie produced far more ambitious schemes: first, in 1812, Bentham drew up a radical

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In 1734 the workers' lodgings were rebuilt in brick; they would again be rebuilt in 1794. By 1774 nearly a thousand people were accommodated in the lodgings and the hulks. When

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foundations of the docks, wharves, basins and buildings. A scale-model created at the time shows in great detail the original design (foundations included) of each element.

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has its origins in Mile Town, which was established later in the 18th century at a mile's distance from the dockyard (Blue Town having by then filled the space available).

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of the following century. In addition, a defensive straight canal had been dug south of Mile Town in 1782, two miles in length, stretching from the Medway to the Thames.

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Plan of the rebuilt dockyard (as depicted on an Admiralty Chart in 1930). Garrison Point is at the top; the River Medway is on the left and the Thames Estuary top right.

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Plan for the rebuilding of the dockyard. (As built, the area to the north (left) of the Lesser Basin and the houses to the east (top right) were laid out differently.)

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By 1738, dockyard construction workers had begun to build their own houses close to the ramparts, using materials they were allowed to take from the yard. They were

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to commence. Work got underway in November 2020, with a scheduled opening date of September 2022; only a fraction of the model is to be put on display, however.

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was built (begun in 1822). Further north, another suppling kiln and a smaller saw-pit building (1828) served the other docks (Nos. 4 & 5); there was also a

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In the early 20th century, the Admiralty decided that shipbuilding should cease at Sheerness to allow the yard to focus on a new specialised role: refitting

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gun emplacement on the opposite side of the river. Ten years later, work began on replacing the old semi-circular gun battery on the promontory with a new

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A stone lion from the demolished 17th-century garrison gatehouse sits in front of Dockyard House (built in 1825 to house the Superintendent of the yard).

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had announced that 'Seventeen residences and eight other buildings, including the quadrangle, the old Admiralty House and the dockyard church, been

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was appointed, to supervise the movement of ships in the vicinity. Shipwrights were hastily relocated from Deptford, Woolwich and elsewhere, an

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Dutch newsprint illustration showing the raiders raising the Dutch flag over the fort at Sheerness (left) and beyond it the dockyard in flames.

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At the east end of the site, near the chapel, were grouped the main residential buildings pertaining to the senior officers of the Dockyard:

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The Engine House, seen over the perimeter wall in 1824. As here, steam power was first used in the Royal Dockyards to drain the dry docks.

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The principal buildings and structures were laid out along the bank of the Medway; from north (i.e. Garrison Point) to South, these were:

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Work then began on the dockyard. A scarcity of available housing, the absence of a nearby water supply and the likelihood of contracting

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Then, in 1892, the building as a whole was repurposed and reopened as a Royal Naval Gunnery School, providing specialist training in

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Main entrance in 2018: the old dockyard police station and police house (formerly linked by a colonnaded gateway, since demolished).

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visited the site in February of that year, and (after further refinements were made to the design) building work began on 27 April.

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Between what became known as Garrison Point and the Garrison itself stood Admiralty House, a large residence built in 1829 for the

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isolation. In addition, the yard's Pay Office with its strong room (1828) was placed in this area, not too far from the main gate.

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began to explore options for developing a new dockyard at the mouth of the Medway, able to be accessed by ships directly from the

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A Geometrical Plan, & West Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard and Garrison, at Sheerness, with the Ordnance Wharfe, &c.

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Sir Bernard De Gomme's 1667 design for a new fort at Sheerness, surrounding the original (1665) dockyard. (North is to the left).

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Work on the fortifications was undertaken swiftly in accordance with de Gomme's designs: the Tudor blockhouse (which became the

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A Geometrical Plan, & West Elevation of His Majesty's Dock-Yard and Garrison at Sheerness, with the Ordnance Wharfe &c.

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The Great Basin, with its three dry docks, formed the Dockyard's centre of operations; they were designed to accommodate

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where the fleet would be based in home waters. This was the case when, around 1567, a Royal Dockyard was established at

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In 1796, following the development of Blue Town, a wider area of land (including the new houses) was enclosed behind a

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In 1937, the same building again found a new use, this time being commissioned as a boys' training establishment: HMS

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alongside. The school soon outgrew its accommodation; in 1908 it moved to new purpose-built accommodation alongside

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collection of sheds and jetties were put in place and a 'graving place' was set aside on the shore for ships to be

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The constricted area of land available to the dockyard caused problems for its operation and development. Several

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Uncertainty remains, however, as to the future of other listed buildings within the former dockyard, above all:

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was not completed until 1708; a second was added in 1720. Access to the two dry docks was by way of a tidal

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visited in 1767, he described the latter as follows: 'In the Dock adjoining to the Fort, there are six old

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around the turn of the millennium. When planning permission was denied for its redevelopment in 2011, the

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in 1677, over 100 ships were built at Sheerness Dockyard over a 225-year period, including the following:

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The Chapel (and the Naval Terrace alongside it) were placed outside the perimeter wall of the Dockyard.

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Captain Harry Harmood May 1795 - August 1796 ('Extra Commissioner of the Navy, resident at Sheerness')

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Construction of amenities in and around the dockyard continued into the eighteenth century. The first

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The northern part of the rebuilt Dockyard as seen from the river, 1850: (l-r) Garrison Point, (

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By July that same year, Pett had drawn up plans for a proper dockyard to be built on the site.

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The parliamentary register; or, History of the proceedings and debates of the House of Commons

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division controls navigation on the River Medway from a headquarters in Garrison Point Fort.

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A high priority was placed on finding new employment for the local workforce. From 1974-1994

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vacated Sheerness dockyard, the Medway Port Authority took over the site for commercial use.

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Store and Wharf (a self-contained compound with its own basin, accessed via the Boat Basin).

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operated a ferry service out of the northern part of the former Dockyard from Sheerness to

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Support for the Fleet: Architecture and engineering of the Royal Navy's bases, 1700–1914

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The Great Basin (its entrance placed off-centre leaving room for a sizeable set of

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base, for vessels patrolling the North Sea and the eastern reaches of the Channel.

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and equipment were obliged to ferry items to and from The Nore using small boats.

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was abolished. In place of the Board's Commissioners, the Admiralty appointed

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were positioned on the foreshore close to the dockyard, initially to serve as

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was installed in the Centre Bastion, designed to work in tandem with the new

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Storehouse (1826; facing the Offices across the entrance to the Small Basin)

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yards) was not prone to silting. By 1810, designs had been submitted to the

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on its top ten list of endangered buildings and it remains on the nation's

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was constructed, which cut off the northernmost part of Sheerness behind a

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if required (the mud banks in the area were regularly used for careening).

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Much of the former residential quarter of the Dockyard had been sold to a

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took up residence and it went on to accommodate him and his successors as

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propulsion; this was to change over the course of the next thirty years.

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and the Victualling Store reverted to providing barracks accommodation.

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Remnant of de Gomme's indented line on the eastern shore of Sheerness.

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Navigation is controlled from a tower on the old Garrison Point Fort.

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of the site); the river then made up the third side of the triangle.

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for naval personnel. It seems to have been used to house very young

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Behind the Quadrangular Storehouse, and equal to it in length, the

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Saunders, Andrew; Smith, Victor (2001). "Garrison Point Fort".

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Lines) was also strengthened with a gun battery at either end.

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would often lay at anchor either within the river, on Chatham

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The Small Basin (used by supply craft), providing access to:

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across the Gun Wharf and Boat Pond, Sheerness Dockyard, 1941.

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Behind the three larger dry docks (Nos.1-3) were a pair of

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Topographic model of the Royal Dockyard at Sheerness, Kent

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Captain Francis John Hartwell, September 1796 - June 1799

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until 1907 (after which it housed the Commander-in-Chief,

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Captain William Granville Lobb, August 1811 – July 1814

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at the southern end of the site) a gunpowder magazine.

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Captain Henry B. Maltby: September 1935-December 1937

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Machine Shop, nestled among foundries and factories.

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would often establish shore facilities close to safe

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Captain James V.V. Magrane: July 1934-September 1935

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It was opened in the 1660s and closed in 1960. 4154: 3149: 2449: 2447: 3796:Commissioners for Examining Accounts (Incurred) 3340:"Former working mast house, Building Number 26" 3021:"The closure of Sheerness dockyard 50 years on" 253:. 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Scotland, 2018 3226: 3095: 3093: 2614: 2612: 2427:"Research guide B5: Royal Naval Dockyards" 2322: 2320: 2318: 2316: 2314: 2312: 2310: 2308: 2306: 2304: 1525:As at other Royal Dockyards, a school for 555: 282:In March 1665, following a declaration of 241:In order to operate more effectively, the 3964:Resident Commissioner, Cadiz Yard, (1694) 3938:Resident Commissioner, Devonport Dockyard 3932:Resident Commissioner, Sheerness Dockyard 3590:Peel Ports: owners of the former Dockyard 3120: 3009:HL Deb, 18 February 1958 vol 207 cc775-81 2265:"1958: Historic Sheerness docks to close" 2259: 2257: 2205: 2171: 2133: 1786:Captain/Commodore/Admiral superintendents 1739:Resident Commissioner, Sheerness Dockyard 1488:under training but awaiting posting to a 1466: 3926:Resident Commissioner, Deptford Dockyard 3920:Resident Commissioner, Plymouth Dockyard 3914:Resident Commissioner, Woolwich Dockyard 3814:Civil Architect and Engineer of the Navy 3539:. London: J. Debrett. 1796. p. 134. 3468:. 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Archived from 2455:"A Characterisation of Sheerness, Kent" 2421: 2419: 2301: 1520: 575: 514: 4155: 4063:Resident Commissioner, Bombay Dockyard 3997:Resident Commissioner, Port Mahon Yard 3632:(National Maritime Museum, Greenwich). 2254: 2226: 2196: 2162: 1631:saw the former dockyard placed on the 911:Naval Terrace and the Dockyard Church. 644:had to be put in place to support the 4045:Resident Commissioner, Malta Dockyard 3991:Resident Commissioner, Ascension Yard 3979:Resident Commissioner, Gibraltar Yard 3639: 3537:The Royal Kalendar for the year 1796 3466:The Royal Kalendar for the year 1794 3056: 2167:. 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Shirley Litchfield-Speer 1988:: September 1915-April 1919 1946:: January 1905-January 1906 1911:: January 1895-January 1898 1904:: January 1894-January 1895 1897:: January 1892-January 1894 1848:: January 1879-January 1883 1841:: January 1877-January 1879 1834:: January 1875-January 1877 1552:First Lord of the Admiralty 1079:Plans for the 14-gun sloop 775:The Dockyard Offices (1821) 760:No.4 (Frigate) Dock (1819) 753:No.5 (Frigate) Dock (1819) 322:storekeeper, and two gated 284:war against the Netherlands 273:Seventeenth-century origins 269:of the Thames): Sheerness. 163: 10: 4184: 3804:, (1793-1813), (1829-1832) 3694:Treasurer of Marine Causes 2908:Donnithorne, Christopher. 2227:Harris, Trevor M. (1984). 2071:: October 1945-August 1948 2016:: February 1925-April 1927 2002:: March 1922-February 1923 1965:Robert H. 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