Deptford Dockyard Deptford



painting of deptford dockyard in 1747 john cleveley elder. national maritime museum.



deptford dockyard established in 1513 henry viii first royal dockyard, building vessels royal navy, , @ 1 time known king s yard. shut down 1830 1844 before being closed dockyard in 1869, , known convoys wharf. 1871 until first world war city of london corporation s foreign cattle market. in 1912 times reported on 4 million head of live cattle, , sheep, had been landed.


from 1932 until 2008 site owned news international, used import newsprint , other paper products finland until 2000. owned hutchison whampoa limited , subject planning application convert residential units, though has safeguarded wharf status.


other notable shipyards in deptford were, charles lungley s dockyard , general steam navigation company s yards @ deptford green , dudman s dock, referred deadmans dock @ deptford wharf.









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