Dockyard Collection (page 17)

Inside the Dockyard Church, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Peculiar stratifications just outside the dockyards, Bermuda
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

The Dockyard Gardens, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Store houses within the dockyards, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Spain (19th c. ). Cᤩz. Shipyards in Puntales
Spain (19th c.). Cᤩ z. Shipyards in Puntales quarter. Painting. SPAIN. San Fernando. Municipal Historic Museum

Making a ship in the naval dockyard of Venice
" Making a ship in the naval dockyard of Venice. Picture of the work " Sanctorum Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam", by Bernhard von Breindenbach (1440-1497). Gothic art

Red Telephone box, Nelsons Dockyard, Antigua, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Woman cycling beside waterway with redevelopment, Canary Wharf in distance, Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London, England, september

The dockyard, Chatham, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Cruise ship in dock
Painting of a dockyard scene with dockers unloading baggage from a cruise liner.Date: 1930

Japan - Kobe - Enormous Floating Dock
The enormous floating dock at the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Yard at Kobe, Japan. The liner Hakozaki Maru SS (pictured being finished in the dock)

Launch of the Phoebe at Devonport Dockyard
The launch of frigate " The Phoebe" at Devonport Dockyard, Devon, England. Date: 1854

View of the Arsenal, Constantinople, with HMS Caesar
View of the Arsenal at Constantinople, Turkey, with HMS Caesar in the background. Date: circa 1919

Charles Brown, Naval
CHARLES BROWN Naval officer, commander under Admiral Vernon at Porto Bello, subsequently Commission at Chatham dockyard. Date: ? - 1753

Docks / Deptford / 1810
The Royal Dockyard at Deptford Date: circa 1810

Processed iron ore or iron concentrate in large piles beside docks, awaiting export. The iron ore that is mined from the ground can be refined by crushing

View across Dockyard Creek to Maritime Museum on Vittoriosa with traditional boat, Senglea, Malta, Mediterranean, Europe

BMW M3 Coupe Germany

Naval Shipyard - Ferrol, Spain
Views of the Spanish battleship Espana under construction in the naval dockyard at Ferrol, Spain. The city has been a major naval shipbuilding centre for most of its history

Chatham Prison Riots - The Convicts at Labour
Convicts at labour breaking rocks at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham. A serious riot broke out here amongst the inmates in early March 1861, which had to be forcibly put down by the military

The Petrovski Quay at Baku, Azerbaijan

PORTSMOUTH, Hampshire
The entrance to the dockyard at Portsmouth, Hampshire

Mine-laying Cruiser, the H. M. S. Adventure
Mine-laying Cruiser of the Royal Navy Fleet, the H.M.S. Adventure, built at Devonport Dockyard, Completed in 1905 and sold for scrap in 1920

DEVONPORT
The dockyard at Devonport, Devon

Chatham Dockyard
The naval dockyard on the Thames at Chatham, Kent

Princess Louise launching screw-corvette, Druid at Deptfor
Princess Louise (1848-1939) releasing the dog-shore for the launch of the screw-corvette ship, Druid at Deptford Dockyard, London in 1869

Triumphal Arches in Chatham, Great Britain, 1875
Engraving showing three triumphal arches erected in Chatham, Kent, for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1875

Sailors carrying potatoes onto HMS Coventry, Second World
Photograph showing the seamen of HMS Coventry carrying sacks of potatoes onto their ship, as it is refitted at a British dockyard in 1940. HMS Coventry was an anti-aircraft cruiser of 4290 tons

Launch of HMS Windsor Castle, September 1852
Engraving of the re-launch of HMS Windsor Castle, 140 Gun First rate warship, on 14th September 1852 at Pembroke Dockyard

Dock being constructed at Chatham
The Naval Docks at Chatham, Kent, under construction. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1860s to cover an area of 380 acres

Testing chain cables at Chatham dockyard in Kent

Dock no. 2 at Chatham
Dock no.2, at Chatham in Kent, recently opened in 1858. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1850s and 60s to cover an area of 380 acres

Woolwich Dockyard 1772
A busy scene at Woolwich dockyard

Aerial image of Chatham Historic Dockyard, a maritime museum, Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

H. M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Woolwich Dockyard 1770
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD seen across the river Thames, with four large sailing warships under construction

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