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The Deptford area had been used to build royal ships since the early fifteenth century, during the reign of Henry V.Moves were made to improve the administration and operation of the Royal Navy during the Tudor period, and Henry VII paid £5 rent for a storehouse in Deptford in 1487, before going on to found the first royal dockyard at Portsmouth in 1496. [4]
Deptford Dockyard: Diamond: Fourth rate: For Commonwealth Navy. 1652 Commonwealth of England: Phineas Pett Deptford Dockyard: Drake: Fourth rate: For Commonwealth Navy. 1652 Commonwealth of England: Phineas Pett Portsmouth Dockyard: Martin: Sixth rate: For Commonwealth Navy. 1652 Commonwealth of England: Chatham Dockyard: Merlin: Sixth rate ...
Landscape view of Deptford Dockyard; Oil on canvas by Joseph Farington (late 18th century to early 19th century); from Collections of the National Maritime Museum.. The Dockyard, formerly known as the King's Yard, [7] was established in 1513 by King Henry VIII for the building, repair and maintenance of vessels for the Royal Navy.
Deptford Wharf was visited by a rail tour in 1958, which showed that the docks and railway were still in active use, and the branch down Grove Street to the victualling yard was still connected. [22] However, the victualling yard was closed in June 1961, and the rail branch serving Deptford docks was closed a year or two later with the tracks ...
Deptford Dockyard: London: Adventure: Galley: One of the first named vessels in the English and Royal Navies. [7] 1595 Dutch Republic: Duyfken: Yacht: 1595 England: Deptford Dockyard: London: Scourge of Malice: Armed ship For East India Company: 1596 England: Deptford Dockyard: London: Repulse: Armed ship For Royal Navy: 1596 England: Deptford ...
After the closure of Deptford's Royal Dockyard in 1869, the Victualling Yard expanded southwards into the old Dockyard precincts (the boundary wall separating the two Yards had already been removed, in 1852). [3] More store houses were built on the site, and the Dockyard's former mast pond provided additional wharfage. By the end of the century ...
Deptford Dockyard established for the Royal Navy. 1514. April – Henry VIII declares a truce with France in the War of the League of Cambrai. [5] 20 May – Trinity House is established as a guild of mariners at Deptford to regulate pilotage. [5] June – Battle of Hornshole in the Scottish Borders: young men from Hawick defeat a raiding party ...
Woolwich Dockyard is established for the Royal Navy. 1513 – Deptford Dockyard is established for the Royal Navy. 1514 20 May: Trinity House is established as a guild of mariners in Deptford to regulate pilotage. [23] 13 June: Henry Grace à Dieu is built at the new Woolwich Dockyard and is dedicated in Erith. At over 1,000 tons, she is the ...