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Nelson's Dockyard. Nelson's Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour, located in Saint Paul Parish on the Caribbean island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It is the only continuously working Georgian era dockyard in the world. [ 1 ] It was built in the early 18th century and abandoned by the British Royal Navy in ...
The Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites is a 255 ha (630 acres) UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saint Paul Parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. It constitutes a collection of Georgian era naval structures, namely a naval dockyard and related supporting compounds. This maritime complex was established during a period marked by ...
Shirley Heights, Antigua and Barbuda. Shirley Heights is an historic military compound in Antigua. It was built in the 1780s to protect the Naval Dockyard in English Harbour. [1] It is part of Nelson's Dockyard National Park [2][1] and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3]
After 1815 the dockyard decreased in importance. By the 1850s the eastern yard was being used as a coal store and the western yard was described as being in poor repair. [5] Nevertheless, the yards remained open, finally closing in 1889. Sixty years later, the first moves were made toward preserving what became known as Nelson's Dockyard.
Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites. Saint Paul Parish. 17°00′25″N 61°45′52″W / 17.006944°N 61.764444°W / 17.006944; -61.764444 (Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites) Cultural (ii) (iv) 2016. The site consists of a group of Georgian-style naval buildings and structures, set ...
1700s-1820s. Fort Berkeley is a historic military fort on the island of Antigua. It is located at the entrance to English Harbour in Saint Paul parish. The fort was built in 1704 and expanded in the mid 18th century. It is part of Nelson's Dockyard National Park [1] and the Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites UNESCO World ...
Dockyard Museum. Coordinates: 17.007987°N 61.765290°W. Dockyard Museum at Nelson's Dockyard on Antigua island. The Dockyard Museum is a museum located at Nelson's Dockyard in English Harbour on Antigua island, in Antigua and Barbuda. It was established in 1855 at the colonial British shipyard. [1]
On the island of Antigua, West Indies, there is a house at Nelson's Dockyard that is historically taught to be Nelson's house while he was stationed in the Caribbean. On 28 October 2005, a statue of Nelson was unveiled in Gibraltar 200 years after Nelson's death.