Who owns Sheerness Docks?
Sheerness Dockyard
| HM Dockyard, Sheerness | |
|---|---|
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Controlled by | The Navy Board (until 1832); the Admiralty (after 1832). |
| Condition | Part-preserved |
| Site history |
Who built Sheerness Dockyard?
John Rennie
John Rennie’s model dockyard John Rennie was asked to survey and design a completely new, state of the art dockyard starting from scratch. Work began on 23rd December 1813 with the first piles being driven. In total the works cost £2,586,063 and took 10 years to complete.
When was Sheerness Dockyard built?
1815
Sheerness Dockyard was meticulously designed and constructed in a single phase, completed in 1815. Its late-eighteenth-century Georgian-style docks, boathouse, and complementary structures were conceived as an entire landscape.
When did Sheerness Dockyard close?
31 March 1960
In February 1958 it was announced in Parliament that Sheerness Dockyard was to be closed. Within a year the garrison had been decommissioned and on 31 March 1960 the closing ceremony took place for the dockyard. The closure led to all 2,500 employees being made redundant.
Does Sheerness have a port?
The Port of Sheerness is a significant feature of the Isle of Sheppey’s economy. Covering more than 1.5 million square metres, it is one of the largest foreign car importers in the UK, and it handles thousands of tonnes of fruits and meat products from all over the world.
Is Sheerness in Scotland?
Sheerness (/ʃɪərˈnɛs/) is a town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 12,000, it is the largest town on the island.
When did HMS Gannet Close?
HMS Gannet (1878)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Commissioned | 17 April 1879 |
| Decommissioned | 16 March 1895 |
| Fate | Training ship in 1903 Renamed President Loaned as a training ship in 1913 Preserved at Chatham in 1987 |
What was the purpose of the Sheerness Dockyard?
Sheerness Dockyard initially functioned as an extension to that at Chatham and it was overseen by Chatham’s resident Commissioner for much of its early history. It was conceived primarily for the repair and maintenance of naval ships; with one small exception, no shipbuilding took place until 1691.
When was the first ship built at Sheerness?
Beginning with HMS Sheerness in 1677, over 100 ships were built at Sheerness Dockyard over a 225-year period, including the following: The sloop HMS Gannet at Chatham Historic Dockyard, launched at Sheerness in 1878; an example of the smaller size of warship that was built in Sheerness Dockyard. HMS Medway (1693) HMS Newcastle (1704)
Where was the Royal Navy Dockyard in Kent?
View from Garrison Point Fort across the Gun Wharf and Boat Pond, Sheerness Dockyard, 1941. The Navy Board (until 1832); the Admiralty (after 1832). Sheerness Dockyard also known as the Sheerness Station was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the Sheerness peninsula, at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent.
When did Samuel Pepys land at Sheerness Dockyard?
In August a party of senior naval officials, including the great Samuel Pepys, landed at Sheerness to survey the ground and peg out the proposed layout for the new dockyard. Events then started to move quickly.
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