The reverberations from the closure of one of the UK's last royal shipyards 40 years ago are still being felt. On 31 March 1984 more than 7,000 skilled workers at Chatham Dockyard lost their jobs, as ...

Between its opening under Elizabeth I in 1567 and its closure under her namesake in 1984, Chatham Dockyard, on the Medway in Kent, delivered more than 500 of the ships that built the British Empire.

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Do you remember Chatham Naval Dockyard when it was in its prime? Did you, or someone in your family, work there on the ships and submarines? This message board is now closed. Thay you for your ...

A historic Kent dockyard with 100 buildings where Bridgerton and Call the Midwife were filmed is just 50 minutes away from south east London. Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent, spanning 80 acres with ...

For over 400 years the Chatham Dockyard just outside London built boats for the British Navy and their allies. From sailing ships to submarines, Chatham built over 500 vessels. Today it's a naval ...

In the second part of our series to mark the 40th anniversary of the closure of Chatham Dockyard, we talk to some of the people who worked there and later returned. We also hear from the first person ...

It's made its mark in maritime history over four centuries. The Historic Dockyard Chatham has been a working, and later historical, part of the life of the sea and sailing since 1618. Launching ...

The story of the 90-gun Namur is one of the highlights of Command Of The Oceans interactive galleries AMID all the ropemaking at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard a fascinating new yarn is unfolding. It is ...