Author: Sir Neil Cossons
Publisher: Historic England
ISBN: 9781800859494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Nowhere in the world is it possible to see such an intact naval dockyard for the building and maintenance of the ships of the sailing navy as at Chatham. This book, edited by Neil Cossons, Jonathan Coad, Andrew Lambert, Paul Hudson and Paul Jardine - all experts in their fields - brings together their combined knowledge to tell the dockyard's history, from Elizabethan origins to fleet base and shipbuilding yard, from sail to steel to submarines. They set out the extraordinary scale of the legacy and the challenges of the future once the yard closed in the 1980s. This is a story of the creation of the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and the management of an outstanding historic asset for the benefit of the public. Profusely illustrated, it is the first authoritative account of how Chatham's dockyard was saved for the nation and managed for nearly forty years to exemplary standards.
Author: James D. Crawshaw
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780953488803
Category : Shipbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Philip MacDougall
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780752462127
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Founded in 1570, Chatham Dockyard quickly became one of the most important naval yards for the repair and building of warships, maintaining a pre-eminent position for the next 400 years. Located on the River Medway, in all, the yard was responsible for the construction of over 500 warships, these ranging from simple naval pinnaces through to first-rates that fought at Trafalgar, and concluding with the hunter-killer submarines of the nuclear age. In this detailed new history of the yard from experienced local and maritime author Philip MacDougall, particular attention is given to the final two hundred years of the yard's history, the artisans and labourers who worked there and the changing methods used in the construction of some of the finest warships to enter naval service. Coinciding with the dockyard's seeking status as a World Heritage site, this fascinating history places Chatham firmly in its overall historical context.
Author: Clive Holden
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445674238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Explore Chatham's military heritage, from Roman times to the present day, in this illustrated guide.
Author: Sketches
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Author: Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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