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A 1909 map of HM Dockyard, Devonport, also showing the Gun Wharf (Morice Yard) located between the South Yard and the North Yard. From its original 17th-century site, around No.1 Dock in what is now called the South Yard, the dockyard expanded in stages (first to the south and then progressively northwards) over the next two-and-a-half centuries.
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Devonport Naval Heritage Centre, formerly known as the Plymouth Naval Base Museum is a maritime museum in Plymouth, Devon. It is housed in a number of historic buildings within the South Yard of HM Naval Base, Devonport (one of the three main bases of the Royal Navy). Its mission statement is "To present the story of support to the Royal Navy ...
The biggest dry dock at a navy base in Plymouth has reopened after a £200m refurbishment, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. An opening ceremony for 9 Dock was held at HMNB Devonport earlier.
Royal Navy Dockyard, Pembroke, 1860 HMS Westminster undergoing refit in a covered dry-dock at Devonport, 2009. Kinsale Dockyard (1647) Served as a supply and repair base (with some evidence of shipbuilding) for the Royal Navy's Irish Squadron, and later as a cruizer base. Closed by 1812, its facilities having relocated to Haulbowline (see below).
Bagnall 0-4-0ST No. 19. 19 at Furnace Sidings on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway whilst on hire from the Bodmin and Wenford.. No. 19 - aka (Bagnall No' 2962) is a preserved 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, built by W.G. Bagnall in 1950. It was the final steam locomotive to work in the HM Devonport Dockyard, and is currently [when?] owned by ...
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The Light Fleet design, completed at the start of 1942, was effectively a scaled-down Illustrious. [1][5] Each carrier would displace 13,190 tons at standard load and 18,040 tons at full load, have a length of 690 feet (210 m) at the flight deck and 695 feet (212 m) overall, a maximum beam of 80 feet (24 m), and a draught of 18 feet 6 inches (5 ...