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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]
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's economic history has been strongly connected to the Dockyard - when the Dockyard was thriving, so Deptford thrived; with the docks now all closed, Deptford has declined economically. [ 24 ] [ 35 ] However, areas of Deptford are being gradually re-developed and gentrified - and the local council has plans to regenerate the riverside ...
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: 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 ...
Title: "A plan of His Majesty's dock-yard at Deptford, 1774." British Library shelfmark: Maps K.Top.18.17.10. Place of publication: [London] Publisher: [producer not identified] Date of publication: 1774. Item type: 1 map on 2 sheets Medium: pen and ink drawing Dimensions: 74 x 153 cm, sheets differ in size
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 ...