Woolwich Dockyard

Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich—originally in north-west Kent, now in southeast London—where many ships were built from the early 16th century until the late 19th century. William Camden called it 'the Mother Dock of all England'. By virtue of the size and quantity of vessels built there, Woolwich Dockyard is described as having been 'among the most important shipyards of seventeenth-century Europe'. During the Age of Sail, the yard continued to be used for shipbuilding and repair work more or less consistently; in the 1830s a specialist factory within the dockyard oversaw the introduction of steam power for ships of the Royal Navy. At its largest extent it filled a 56-acre site north of Woolwich Church Street, between Warspite Road and New Ferry Approach; 19th-century naval vessels were fast outgrowing the yard, however, and it eventually closed in 1869. The former dockyard area is now partly residential, partly industrial, with remnants of its historic past having been restored.

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1512 — 1869  Wikimedia, Wikidata
shipyard, shipbuilding, 

Agamemnon-class steam ship of the line, Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate, Bristol-class frigate, Bulwark-class battleship, Caledonia-class first-rate ship of the line, Cherokee-class brig-sloop, city gate of London, Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate, Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate, fortifications of London, Ganges-class third-rate ship of the line, Hercules-class third-rate ship of the line, London deep-level shelters, London-class second-rate ship of the line, military citadels under London, Minerva-class fifth-rate frigate, Nelson-class first-rate ship of the line, Portland-class fourth-rate ship of the line, Repulse-class third-rate ship of the line, Thames-class fifth-rate frigate, 

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Royal Dockyard Police Station, Woolwich (02)

Royal Dockyard Police Station, Woolwich (01)

Royal Dockyard Police Building, Woolwich (03)

Royal Dockyard Police Building, Woolwich (04)

To - Lord Viscount Melville - This Representation of the Launching of His Majesty's Ship Nelson of 120 Guns at Woolwich - by - J T Serres RMG PY9222

A view of Woolwich - btv1b530103265

The Great Disaster on the Thames - Identifying the Clothes of the Dead at Woolwich Dockyard

Temporary Mortuary, Roff's Steam Boat Wharf, Woolwich

The great disaster on the Thames - relics of the dead exposed for identification at Woolwich dockyard

Last riverside factories

• Excavations at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, 1972–1973 - article by T. W. COURTNEY published January 1975 in Post-Medieval Archaeology
• Excavations at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich 1972-1973 - article by T. W. COURTNEY published January 1974 in Post-Medieval Archaeology

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Royal Dockyard Police Station, Woolwich (02)		Commons
commons	image		Royal Dockyard Police Station, Woolwich (01)		Commons
commons	image		Royal Dockyard Police Building, Woolwich (03)		Commons
commons	image		Royal Dockyard Police Building, Woolwich (04)		Commons
commons	image		To - Lord Viscount Melville - This Representation of the Launching of His Majesty's Ship Nelson of 120 Guns at Woolwich - by - J T Serres RMG PY9222		Commons
commons	image		A view of Woolwich - btv1b530103265		Commons
commons	image		The Great Disaster on the Thames - Identifying the Clothes of the Dead at Woolwich Dockyard		Commons
commons	image		Temporary Mortuary, Roff's Steam Boat Wharf, Woolwich		Commons
commons	image		The great disaster on the Thames - relics of the dead exposed for identification at Woolwich dockyard		Commons
commons	image		Last riverside factories		Commons