| 单词 | dockyard |
| 例句 | We’d done dry runs at the dockyards in New Jersey, using abandoned ships as our targets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The dockyard was vast and isolated—the ideal place for, say, a renegade god and his horde of demons to settle in. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His body was placed in a cage that was suspended for months at the dockyard. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In Amsterdam, he’ll stay with another of his father’s brothers, Jan, the director of the naval dockyard. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He told Deane that he had a plan to set fire to England’s most important dockyard, at Portsmouth, headquarters of the Royal Navy. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "I suspected, especially after your fight at the dockyard. Your skull was cracked and your arm broken, yet within a matter of hours your injuries were less than bruises." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z On December 7, 1776, he set the dockyard on fire, wiping out 20 tons of hemp used to make rope, 6 tons of ordinary rope, and about 6,000 feet of large-size rope. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But Hans is a shipbuilding apprentice at the dockyards, and Helmuth rarely sees him at all. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The opening dockyard scene, with its drably dressed workers, effectively deglamourises the glossy image commonly peddled with tango. Tanguera 2010-08-05T20:31:00Z His eye embraced quaint objects and everyday sights, such as abandoned caravans, naval dockyards, interiors of bedrooms, greenhouses and trains, boats and bathing machines on the Suffolk coast. Another world, another time 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Unlike ours, their ujigami was ensconced in a large, wheeled float that was covered in paper lanterns and pulled by its bearers via two enormous dockyard ropes. In Rural Japan, Lifting a Shrine and Building a Friendship 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The film is book ended by vignettes featuring Yasmin, a mother of four living in a refugee camp near the dockyards of Athens, who is fighting to reunite her children with their father in Germany. ‘Simple as Water’ Review: Family Ties That Span the Globe 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The dockyard housed a British naval base until the 1950s – Bermuda is still a British overseas territory – but now serves as a sort of cultural and shopping complex for cruise ship passengers who dock nearby. Hurricane Season, Bargain-Hunting in Bermuda 2010-09-22T03:01:00Z He shocked me when he said dockyard workers were issued with coshes to hit "the wogs", if they gave them trouble. Letters: Racist language is no joke – even in an episode of Fawlty Towers 2013-01-25T21:00:07Z From the dockyard, I hopped a bus to the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, the 1844 beacon that alerted ships to the dangerous reefs around Bermuda. Hurricane Season, Bargain-Hunting in Bermuda 2010-09-22T03:01:00Z According to The Royal Gazette, 41-year-old Pennsylvania native Meghan George was searched Monday night by customs officials as she prepared to board the Anthem of the Seas at the island’s dockyard. Royal Caribbean passenger arrested, fined $4,000 for marijuana possession 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The city’s formerly derelict dockyard, where Dickens’s father worked, and where Dickens World was opening, were suddenly covered with cranes, the sign of a thousand real estate projects blooming. Voyages: The World of Charles Dickens, Complete With Pizza Hut 2012-02-07T19:16:01Z The kind of variety you used to be able to find there … like dockyards, for example. Book Talk: Booker nominee Thayil offers bleak Bombay portrait 2012-10-11T09:01:42Z The Ark Royal departs for sea trials from Rosyth dockyard under the Forth rail bridge. A British fleet with no aircraft carrier. Unthinkable! 2010-10-23T06:00:00Z The Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth's historic dockyard is home to the Tudor warship raised from the Solent in 1982. Mary Rose museum is a pearl - pity about the limpets 2013-05-30T06:30:02Z Photograph: Sam Frost It's a chilly evening in Portsmouth, and an assortment of people in uniform are shivering on the dockyard next to HMS Victory. Shakespeare's am-dram champions: the amateurs joining forces with the RSC 2012-07-17T18:31:01Z Sanitized TV crime of days past reared its head mostly in seedy strip clubs, clammy dockyards or abandoned buildings. TV criminals don't have a chance against today's armchair profilers 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z We got the latter the first afternoon, glimpsing our first Magical Mystery Tour Bus, and, along the dockyards, a Yellow Submarine houseboat for rent. A Beatles Tour in England? You Know That Can’t be Bad 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z They meet workers, talk to them about jobs that are fast changing or becoming obsolete, and celebrate their lives with huge portraits pasted on homes, walls, dockyards, rock faces and trains. Agnès Varda: ‘I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z He had spent his Irish immigrant childhood begging from grocery shops near Edinburgh’s dockyards. How I came face to face with my dead father’s brain 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z I am mulling over these questions while sitting on the floor of a rehearsal room in Edinburgh's dockyard district of Leith. Plays beamed into cinemas: is this the future of theatre? 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z But all the while since the navy has been losing dockyards, ships and crew – like a long, lulling sentence punctuated with commas and waking up finally with an exclamation mark. A British fleet with no aircraft carrier. Unthinkable! 2010-10-23T06:00:00Z Solih insisted that the Indian military’s presence in the Maldives was only to build a dockyard under an agreement between the two governments and that his country’s sovereignty won’t be violated. Maldives president-elect says he’s committed to removing the Indian military from the archipelago 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Solih has insisted that the Indian military’s presence in the Maldives was only to build a dockyard under an agreement between the two governments and that his country’s sovereignty will not be violated. Maldivians vote in a runoff presidential election that will decide whether India or China holds sway 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z A dockyard that is home to 13 nuclear submarines is testing its major incident text message alert system on Monday. Text message Devonport dockyard alert being tested 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The ancient city at the site of Lothal near the Indian Ocean included a dockyard and a warehouse for incoming trade goods. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The health board said 23 people had been taken to hospital and 12 other were treated at the dockyard, run by Dales Marine Services. High winds unlikely to have toppled ship in Edinburgh dock - expert 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Emergency services have been dispatched to a dockyard in Edinburgh after a ship tipped over. Emergency crews at Leith dockyard as ship tips over 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, police investigator David Miller showed the jury a presentation detailing the events of that evening, starting from the moment Davison returned home from his job at the city's dockyard at 15:22 BST. Plymouth shooting: Gunman 'did not hesitate' before killing himself 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z It is part of a regular test of the emergency notification system used in the event of a major incident at Devonport dockyard. Text message Devonport dockyard alert being tested 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z In Scotland it became useful as a reconnaissance plane to protect the Forth coastline and Rosyth dockyard against German zeppelins. The men who spent 20 years building a fighter plane 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z A major incident was declared after emergency crews were called to the dockyard at about 08:30. High winds unlikely to have toppled ship in Edinburgh dock - expert 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z A dockyard worker watches as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at a Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev July 9, 2013. Russia 'ready to set up corridor' for Ukrainian food ships - with conditions 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Declining dockyards were turned into a green space with a theme park, daily live performances, and artworks inspired by a city rich in heritage and humour. Archaeologists search for lost traces of Glasgow Garden Festival 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The messages are a method of warning and informing the public in the event of a major incident at the dockyard, which is a regulated site overseen by the Office for Nuclear Regulation. Text message Devonport dockyard alert being tested 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The UK government said the contract was awarded by Defence Equipment & Support through a robust and transparent competition, encouraging strong bids from viable dockyards. Rosyth yard wins Royal Navy £30m maintenance deal 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Today it's a yachting hub, Unesco World Heritage Site and thriving tourist attraction as the Western Hemisphere's only working Georgian dockyard. 'There's power in names': Antigua unearths lost ancestors 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Most of the crew members aboard the George Washington commute to work to the dockyards where the USS George Washington is undergoing repairs. Admiral reflects on rash of suicides aboard carrier 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z A dockyard worker watches as barley grain is poured into a 40,000 ton ship at a Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev July 9, 2013. Russian attacks on Ukraine grain network a move to cut competition- German minister 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Containers stored in the dockyards of one of the largest ports in Africa have been totally washed away. Durban flood survivors: South Africans homeless, hurt and heartbroken 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Ministry of Defence police and navy contractors Babcock are investigating diesel theft from a naval dockyard. Devonport diesel fuel theft investigation launched 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The project was inspired by the discovery of the names of eight men who died in a gunpowder explosion at the dockyard in 1744. 'There's power in names': Antigua unearths lost ancestors 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z It also covers hundreds of military and naval installations, arsenals, dockyards, post offices, prisons, parks and forest preserves, and many other federal holdings. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came a surge in demand for goods from consumers in coronavirus lockdowns, while dockyards were struggling with COVID-related labour shortages. Analysis - Shipping costs - another danger for inflation-watchers to navigate 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The timing was impeccable too, preceding celebrations for this month's fifth anniversary of the dockyard's award of Unesco World Heritage Site status. Excitement over wooden shipwreck found in Antigua's seabed 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z There would be a meeting point somewhere outside a dockyard or in a parking lot near a pier. My Father Vanished When I Was 7. The Mystery Made Me Who I Am. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Artists were tasked with creating faces to represent the eight men killed in the explosion, which are on display in the dockyard's museum. 'There's power in names': Antigua unearths lost ancestors 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Located beside former dockyards a few miles east of the Canary Wharf financial district, City is the smallest of London's airports. Ground control out, remote control in at London City Airport 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Another large protest took place in Mandalay, where police shot dead two people on Saturday near a dockyard as security forces were trying to force workers to load a boat. More protests and funeral follow deadly shootings in Myanmar 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z But its mere existence enhances the profile of the dockyard, the only working Georgian dockyard in the Western Hemisphere and a cornerstone of Antigua's tourism industry. Excitement over wooden shipwreck found in Antigua's seabed 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z I remember one day when we met him at the dockyard in Oakland. My Father Vanished When I Was 7. The Mystery Made Me Who I Am. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z "These industries married African and European traditions here in the dockyard. They have persisted in surrounding communities and have evolved to suit the modern yachting industry," Dr Waters says. 'There's power in names': Antigua unearths lost ancestors 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Instead of quaint Sesame Street-style neighborliness, I was now living in Dogpatch, a former dockyard where massive, hulking warehouses and factories had rapidly converted into glossy condos. Perspective | There has never been a better time to discover the perks of being a restaurant regular 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z This weekend, the ship, museum and dockyard reopened after 17 weeks of lockdown, just in time for the 50th anniversary of the ship’s return. Up she rises: how Brunel’s great hulk, SS Great Britain, finally came home 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z A British Royal Navy submarine captain has been placed on leave after holding a “rave-themed barbeque” at a Plymouth dockyard amid a nationwide lockdown meant to limit the impact of the coronavirus, according to reports. Navy captain sent home for holding 'rave-themed barbecue' amid coronavirus lockdown 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Wallace was on the programme to talk about a government announcement to build five frigates at Rosyth dockyard in Fife. Brexit: Boris Johnson denies lying to Queen about reasons for prorogation - live news 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Satellite imagery of Chinese dockyards, reports in China’s state-controlled media and assessments of U.S. and other foreign naval experts show the PLA navy is expanding as fast as shipyards can weld hulls together. Special Report: China's vast fleet is tipping the balance in the... 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, says the workshop includes two dry dockyards where ships were built or repaired. Archaeologists discover ancient workshop in Egypt’s Sinai 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z In 1954 David Bullock, now 81, was working as an apprentice at Plymouth's dockyard. Stan & Ollie: The story of Laurel and Hardy's final tour 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z A section of the the south bank of the River Clyde was transformed from declining dockyard into green space, theme park and adventure playground. Your pictures: The Glasgow Garden Festival 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z But Hellier had discovered a small hatch in a wall behind some lockers in the officers’ mess a few months earlier, when the ship had been in Williamstown dockyard during a refit. Voyager disaster: 'The coxswain said "Sorry lads, we're done for" and sang Abide With Me' 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Main image: unemployed labourers waiting for work at a dockyard in March 1931. Why we need the welfare state more than ever 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The 65,000-tonne ship has been undergoing sea trials since setting sail from Rosyth dockyard in Fife, where it was built, in June. HMS Queen Elizabeth: carrier due to arrive in Portsmouth - BBC News 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z So Walker, who usually worked at Portsmouth dockyard, was recruited. The headstones with unusual stories to tell - BBC News 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier is due to set sail for the first time later from the Rosyth dockyard in Fife. HMS Queen Elizabeth due to set sail from Rosyth for sea trials - BBC News 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z The 50,000-ton carrier was towed from its dockyard just after 9 a.m. China launches its first domestically-made aircraft carrier 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The exclusion zone around the device meant some Naval base employees have had to be moved to other buildings at the dockyard. WW2 bomb prompts evacuations in parts of Portsmouth - BBC News 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Computational topology is already employed in tasks as diverse as loading goods at dockyards and studying the way protein molecules fold, so many topological algorithms already exist. Listen to the music of the traffic in the city 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z With its elegant colonial buildings and whimsical charm, it is hard to imagine how the Western Hemisphere's only working Georgian dockyard was once described by Lord Nelson as a "vile hole". Nelson's Dockyard: From 'vile hole' to national treasure - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z That is a small fraction of the 17,000 who worked at Hull’s docks 50 years ago; clearly, green energy will not solve all British dockyards’ problems. Sea change 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The dockyard was built to repair ships and protect the interests of sugar cane growers when European powers were vying for control of the Eastern Caribbean. More places to see before you die: 21 new sites, from cliffs to caves, added to World Heritage List 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Containers could be stored out in the open and moved by cranes from ship to dockyard to truck. The Second Lives of Shipping Containers 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Tuesday saw Charles praise the skills of workers assembling a new aircraft carrier bearing his name at Rosyth dockyard on the Firth of Forth. Camilla in trip to sandwich shop visited by George Clooney - BBC News 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z After the sugar industry waned in the mid-19th Century, Britain turned its attention elsewhere and the dockyard was closed in 1889. Nelson's Dockyard: From 'vile hole' to national treasure - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Along with it went much of Hull’s dockyard industry, and not a little of its pride. Sea change 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Smaller investments include £4m for a centre for research into unmanned vessels and £2m to move the Royal Marines Museum to the city’s dockyard. Pompey’s predicament 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Containers – standardized, stackable and easily shuffled from ship to dockyard to truck – mean that it is no longer prohibitively expensive to source your shoes, coffee maker, and dog food from halfway around the world. The Second Lives of Shipping Containers 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z IT WAS SIX A.M. when the procession of headlights began to pierce the predawn darkness at the dockyard. Chasing the World’s Largest Animal in Sri Lanka 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z He explained that construction at the dockyard began as early as the 1720s but its strategic importance increased after Britain lost the American War of Independence. Nelson's Dockyard: From 'vile hole' to national treasure - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z There is British architecture too: 19th Century forts, neoclassical law courts, dockyards, and barracks including the one inside Malta's oldest fortress, Fort St Angelo which the Commonwealth dignitaries were due to visit. A legacy of fry-ups and red postboxes - BBC News 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z “The dockyard has been part of the problem in Portsmouth almost for ever,” says Nicholas Phelps, an economic geographer at University College London. Pompey’s predicament 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The attack on Badaber air base is the first on a military target since a Pakistan navy ship was attacked in Karachi's dockyard in September last year. Gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in Peshawar - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z It is a bargain meant to keep workers from going on strike, or worse, becoming a source of antigovernment unrest, like the dockyard workers who helped bring down Poland’s communist government. China’s Shift Away From Industry Drains Life From a Steel Town 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z These days, the dockyard is a vibrant vestige of the island's colonial legacy thanks to the major restoration programme. Nelson's Dockyard: From 'vile hole' to national treasure - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z The result is an unedited, handheld take of West in a warehouse at the Chatham dockyard in Kent, a relic which dates back to 1567. Kanye West makes an exhibition of himself at LA art gallery 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Chatham was one of the most important naval dockyards in Britain for hundreds of years. Kanye video to become a museum exhibit 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Sailors, dockyard workers and two civilians were killed in one of the worst accidents of World War One. Sheerness Princess Irene explosion remembered - BBC News 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z In March 2014, a navy officer died in an accident on board a ship being built at a dockyard in Mumbai. India navy plane crashes off Goa leaving two missing 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z It was a year after the War of Independence ended that the dockyard would receive its most illustrious resident. Nelson's Dockyard: From 'vile hole' to national treasure - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Works has continued around the clock in the dockyards, rail yards and terminal gates for most of the ports. Pressure mounts on shippers, union to settle West Coast ports dispute 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z But shippers said work at the ports continued in the dockyards, rail yards and terminal gates to move cargo already unloaded from ships. U.S. West Coast ports reopen as labor secretary arrives for talks 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The companies said work had continued in the dockyards, rail yards and terminal gates as they seek to clear some of the backlogged cargo containers stacked up on the waterfronts. West Coast ports dispute stretches on ahead of U.S. labor secretary intervention 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z And in August 2013, 18 sailors died in one of the navy's worst disasters when a submarine sank after a fire at the same dockyard in Mumbai. India navy plane crashes off Goa leaving two missing 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z It was symbolised for Lord Elgin when Chinese workmen arrived at Rosyth naval dockyard, very near his home, to install a huge crane, needed to build Britain's new aircraft carriers. The palace of shame that makes China angry 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z However, she came into conflict with Margaret Thatcher's government over its decision to close the naval dockyard at Chatham. The ex-MPs who died in 2014 - part one 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z As our lift brings us back down to the quayside, the winter sun bathes the dockyard in golden light and convoys of buses ferry the multitude of workers home. The largest vessel the world has ever seen 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z In March, a navy officer was killed after a toxic gas leak on board a ship being built at the dockyard in Mumbai. Sailor dies in India navy accident 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Between times they worked in the dockyard or as casual labourers. In defence of family history 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z "We have had rail trucks going off the track at the dockyard. Luckily they didn't have fuel rods on. If contractors are doing the work I fear they could cut corners." Living next to a nuclear graveyard 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z A policeman said he raced to the dockyard when he heard a blast, but the military told him it was part of celebrations for Pakistan Defence Day, which fell on the day of the attack. In attack by al Qaeda, lines blur between Pakistan's military, militants 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z A policeman said he raced to the dockyard when he heard a blast, but the military told him it was part of celebrations for Pakistan Defense Day, which fell on the day of the attack. In al Qaeda attack, lines between Pakistan military, militants blur 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z In August 2013, 18 sailors died in one of the navy's worst disasters when a submarine sank after a fire at a dockyard in Mumbai. Sailor dies in India navy accident 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Earlier this month militants attacked Karachi's naval dockyard, sparking a six-hour-long gun battle. Top Karachi policeman escapes blast 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z They were once at the vanguard of the UK's Cold War effort but much of Britain's former nuclear submarine fleet now lies rusting in Devonport dockyard with its radioactive cargo still intact. Living next to a nuclear graveyard 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z "This year is the 200th anniversary of the opening of the royal dockyard at Pembroke Dock, so it's an amazing and happy coincidence that they've found something now," he said. Hopes historic shipwreck discovered 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z The Pakistan navy says it fought off an attack on its Karachi dockyard in which two militants and a sailor were killed. Pakistan navy repels militant attack 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z It was then transported by barge to the French naval dockyards at Saint-Nazaire for the all-important front section to be attached. Huge Russian warship fascinates French 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Its annual report said risks included a long-term reduction in revenues from the Clyde and the inability to win Royal Navy contracts for its Rosyth dockyard. Babcock predicts Clyde job losses 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z "We have to trust in the Navy, the Ministry of Defence and the dockyard to ensure that proper maintenance of the submarines is in place," he said. Living next to a nuclear graveyard 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The Queen has given her name to the largest warship built in the UK at a ceremony in Fife's Rosyth dockyard. Warship's big day - in 60 seconds 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z The dockyard is also in a densely populated area, which poses a safety risk. Are any of these five places suitable for Trident? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The Russian Navy is a ghost of its Soviet self — nowhere is this more visible that in Kaliningrad’s derelict dockyards. The Invasion of Crimea Is Hurting Russia's Other Exclave 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The Queen unveiled a timeline charting the history of the dockyard and the town. Queen helps mark town's bicentennial 2014-04-29T15:07:23Z In Pembroke Dock the Queen will open a heritage centre in the dockyard chapel as the town marks its bicentennial. Queen and Duke's two-day Welsh visit 2014-04-29T05:54:47Z Most of the residents of the slum work as day laborers in the nearby dockyard, or as domestic help in the high-rises adjacent to the slum. India Ink: Mumbai’s Slum Dwellers Wary of Recycled Promises 2014-04-24T08:49:51Z The MoD says the dredging is essential to its work at the dockyard and is licensed by the MMO. Rare coral 'at risk from dredging' 2014-04-07T02:00:46Z The city's historic dockyard is home to a museum and a set of attractions that explain the debt the nation perhaps owes the navy. Museum reveals Navy's past 100 years 2014-04-03T02:49:06Z The dockyard played a crucial role in the defence of Britain and ships from Chatham fought in every war from the battles against the Spanish Armada to the Falklands. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z Last year 18 sailors died in one of the navy's worst disasters when a submarine sank after a fire at the same dockyard in Mumbai. Officer dies in India navy accident 2014-03-07T13:24:18Z Enthusiast Stephen Driver with a model of a 1957 dockyard at Model Rail Scotland 2014 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow. Week in pictures: 22-28 February 2014 2014-02-28T16:45:37Z The latest accident is thought to be the 10th involving a navy warship and the third submarine accident in the last seven months since the Mumbai dockyard disaster in August. India navy boss quits over accident 2014-02-26T17:13:19Z Wednesday's accident is thought to be the 10th involving a navy warship and the third submarine accident in the last seven months since the Mumbai dockyard disaster in August. India navy says missing sailors dead 2014-02-27T08:24:41Z "My father had told me of several threats to close the dockyard. I didn't think they would," Mr Jenkins recalled. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z The INS Sindhurakshak, with 18 sailors on board, went down in a Mumbai dockyard in August. Smoke detected on Indian submarine 2014-02-26T06:32:23Z The ceremony will be held on 4 July at Rosyth dockyard, in Fife, where work to assemble the vessel is being completed. Queen to name new aircraft carrier 2014-02-22T04:21:49Z Among the records are details of 239 hospitals - including village halls - 64 air stations, 39 prisoner of war camps, 20 firing ranges, 15 barrack and military accommodation sites, and 11 naval dockyards. World War One site secrets revealed 2014-02-09T13:25:25Z Last year 18 sailors died in one of the navy's worst disasters when a submarine sank after a fire at a Mumbai dockyard. India navy says missing sailors dead 2014-02-27T08:24:41Z Chatham Dockyard was very vulnerable in military terms to an air strike, to the mining of the access to the dockyard, the tides and a threat from submarine presence in the North Sea. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z The incident, which is believed to have occurred in the summer of 2013, has come to light following publication of an ONR quarterly site report for the dockyard. Radiation leak accident in dockyard 2014-01-05T12:41:45Z Work is already underway on the HMS Queen Elizabeth's sister ship, the Prince of Wales, which will start to be assembled in Rosyth dockyard later this year. Queen to name new aircraft carrier 2014-02-22T04:21:49Z Among the plans are more than £100m of investment to expand the dockyard at Portsmouth for ship repair and maintenance. BAE shipyard job cuts march begins 2013-12-14T12:41:20Z The site is regarded as one the world's best preserved examples of a dockyard of its age. Dockyard secures Lottery investment 2013-11-29T01:42:03Z "In fact the dockyard was never positioned right for modern warfare," he said. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z Among the plans are more than £100m of investment to expand the dockyard at Portsmouth. BAE workers digest job cuts news 2013-11-07T07:29:43Z At its peak, more than 22,000 men and women worked at the dockyard. Portsmouth's long shipbuilding history 2013-11-06T18:57:46Z From bustling dockyards to ferocious sea battles - and from jolly Jack Tars to Admiral Lord Nelson's elevation to one of the best-known figures in British history. The brutal world of the Nelson-era Navy 2013-10-21T01:01:16Z The dockyard is one of 11 places on a shortlist of potential World Heritage Sites. Dockyard secures Lottery investment 2013-11-29T01:42:03Z There had been 7,300 workers employed in the dockyard - 2,300 were compulsory redundancies, 2,000 workers were transferred to other naval dockyards, 1,500 retired and 1,500 took voluntary redundancy. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z Power is essential at the dockyard to ensure reactors on the nuclear submarines are kept cool. 'Nuclear implications' of power loss 2013-10-06T17:04:04Z They wanted a permanent body of royal ships which would require non-stop repair and dockyard factories, so the emergence of Portsmouth became important. Portsmouth's long shipbuilding history 2013-11-06T18:57:46Z Mumbai's mayor, Sunil Prabhu, told news channels that 22 families were staying in the building, which is in the dockyard area in the south of the city, India's financial capital. Mumbai Building Collapse Traps Dozens 2013-09-27T06:51:12Z The dockyard is one of 11 places shortlisted for World Heritage status. Dockyard secures Lottery investment 2013-11-29T01:42:03Z For the thousands of workers there is no doubt that the closure of the dockyard after so many centuries was a shock and a terrible loss. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z The report said it was "reasonable" to expect a rise in the number of events as there had been a corresponding increase in the number of "submarine" days in specially-designed nuclear dockyard berths. 'Nuclear implications' of power loss 2013-10-06T17:04:04Z Two huge blasts and a fire sank the vessel in a Mumbai dockyard last Wednesday, with 18 sailors on board. India launches submarines review 2013-08-19T15:07:36Z Then suddenly there were a lot of sirens and many cars were going into the dockyard, and I thought perhaps everything is not all right.” India Ink: As Divers Find Sixth Body, Mumbai Firefighters Recall a Burning Waterfront 2013-08-19T09:43:16Z The diesel-powered armed submarine caught on fire early Wednesday and sank in the naval dockyard in Mumbai. India Ink: 18 Indian Navy Men Feared Dead After Submarine Explosion 2013-08-15T11:53:42Z By the late 19th Century, the dockyard had been expanded to include St Mary's Island and covered 400 acres. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z According to the improvement notice the dockyard, which is operated by Babcock Marine, has until 31 March 2014 to meet its own operating rules and instructions. 'Nuclear implications' of power loss 2013-10-06T17:04:04Z Indian divers and rescue workers are battling to refloat a submarine in a Mumbai dockyard, after two explosions led to a fire early on Wednesday. India battles to refloat submarine 2013-08-15T03:30:26Z The naval dockyard also traditionally dominated the economy. What are the competing claims over Gibraltar? 2013-08-12T09:40:11Z Nelson served part of his early career in Sheerness and Chatham Dockyard, which now exhibits a model of his flagship HMS Victory, which was built in the historic dockyard in Kent. Nelson's will auctioned for £18,755 2013-07-06T14:53:36Z "You used to approach the dockyard down Dock Road towards Pembroke Gate, and there would probably be 10 or so buses at the bottom," said Mr Russell. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z He said he expected the "highest levels of safety" to be maintained at the dockyard. 'Nuclear implications' of power loss 2013-10-06T17:04:04Z Photograph: Luke Macgregor/REUTERS A multi-billion business park aimed at Asian companies is to be built on a historic dockyard in east . Chinese developer signs £1bn deal for east London business park 2013-05-29T17:52:36Z The two most promising alternate locations, experts say, would be Milford Haven in Wales or the existing naval dockyard at Devonport, Plymouth. Scots vote, replacement debate challenge British nuclear deterrent 2013-04-18T14:54:23Z During the first world war, the dockyard workforce hit a peak of 30,000, and whole Barrow suburbs were built to house it. Is Britain's arms trade making a killing? 2013-02-18T19:00:05Z It is now one of the most complete dockyards of the Age of Sail to survive in the world. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z Before they were housed in separate areas of the dockyard and most artefacts were held in storage. In pictures: New Mary Rose museum 2013-01-01T09:36:14Z The future of the manufacturing firm's Portsmouth dockyard is thought by unions to be at risk. Vince Cable doubts viability of £150m BAE shipbuilding project 2012-11-11T15:08:51Z Volunteers in the “great tide experiment” included dockyard officials, sailors, harbormasters, local tide table markers, coastal surveyors, professional military men, and amateur observers. Victorian-era citizen science: reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated 2012-08-30T12:45:00.207Z The Beacon Arts Centre is a £10m theatre complex being built at a former dockyard in Greenock, and is due to open in October. Lottery winners make arts pledge 2012-07-29T01:24:57Z The dockyard's authentic cobbled streets, industrial buildings and Georgian and Victorian architecture have regularly been used as backdrops for film and television productions. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z His photographs of warehouses and dockyards might be thought dull were it not for Swire's careful - and beautiful - compositions and the fact that most of these landscapes no longer exist. The search for photos of China's past 2012-07-10T23:14:33Z A message erroneously delivered had sent the boat back to the dockyard. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z So saying, the commissioner led the way to the dockyard, past the ropehouse to the building slips, where a tall vessel lay ready for launching, yet hardly a workman was to be seen. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z No one will dispute, for instance, there is romance in war; but, it is not everyone that realizes that there is just as much that is romantic in a coalfield, a factory or a dockyard. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z At its height, the dockyard - situated on the River Medway - employed more than 10,000 workers from more than 26 different trades, and was renowned for its high class of work. Lasting impact of dockyard closure 2014-03-30T23:37:03Z I have capital interest, and I daresay my cousin in the Admiralty will be able to get me a dockyard appointment of some sort at Portsmouth; if not, I shall, of course, give it up. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z With the assistance of a dockyard mooring-party, a stout galvanised steel wire was lowered from the bow compartment of the fuselage and secured to a large mooring buoy off the Detached Mole. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Sir Thomas Middleton hath given orders that the shipwrights who dwell there are not to be allowed to go home, and those already living there are not to be readmitted to the dockyard. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z The letter began with the words "Dear Stork," and continued to the following effect: A sea raid had been planned on the North Coast, against the dockyards of the Forth and Tyne. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Ascension, which is a British station, with dockyard, and fort garrisoned by artillery and marines, is a barren island, about eight miles long by six broad. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A good many years ago, I happened to converse with the chief naval architect of one of our dockyards on the subject of building ships of iron. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z In the dockyard a quieter scene explained the reason. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z On entering the shop he found that, instead of being diligently employed, the men were listening to a heated discourse from a malcontent from another part of the dockyard. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z He knew where the ships were moored, and how to elude the night-watchmen and the dockyard police. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Its docks and dockyards cover fifty acres; ship-building is carried on extensively; and there is an immense trade in cotton, coffee, opium, spices, gums, ivory, and shawls. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A special doorway was broken through the boundary wall of the dockyard to facilitate communication for the Czar. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The principal shipbuilding yards are at Amsterdam, Kinderdijk, Rotterdam and at Flushing, where there is a government dockyard for building warships. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z One poor woman, privileged to take chips from the dockyard, had been apprehended in the act of stealing two iron bolts. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z There are many other memories at Putney; too many, in fact, to linger over, if we wish to come betimes to the dockyard town that is our destination. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z He became commissioner of the dockyard at Portsmouth and governor of the Naval Academy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z In many published accounts the Czar is represented as a mere youth at the period of his visit to the dockyards of Holland and England. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z These papers were lately sent to him from Chatham dockyard, having been discovered under the cabin flooring of the war-ship Leda, which his brother lately commanded and which is now repairing at Chatham. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z This much did I see from the dockyard wall, for the Gannet was lying at anchor in the harbour. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z He became a clerk in the Ordnance Office, and served on several commissions for the purchase of land for the royal dockyards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Work in the dockyards depends largely on big orders for new submarines, and in the town retailers report subdued business. Refusing to freeze council tax 2012-02-20T17:42:25Z While in the dockyard he was entered in the books as a ship-carpenter, and conformed in every way to its regulations. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Many a time he had seen ships careened and caulked in the dockyard at Plymouth. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z On the morrow following my arrival I, in company with my cousin Maurice, was taken by my uncle to the dockyard. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z They include the shuttering of dilapidated housing and investment in Middlehaven, a former dockyard area of the town along the Tees river where a new college and apartments were built over the past three years. Robocop Mayor Leads Front Line of Austerity as U.K. Tackles Debt 2012-02-15T12:43:10Z Think of the shipyards, the dockyards, the quays! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Jessop was then a foreman of shipwrights in the dockyard, and a first-class draughtsman, full of ingenuity and mechanical knowledge. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z We found Thornycroft and some of his friends waiting for us at the entrance of the dockyard. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z He was born in Liverpool, and his first job was as an engineering apprentice in the dockyards there. Denys Gribbin obituary 2012-02-10T14:30:52Z Lyon, in 1725, that the spacious dockyard at English Harbour was first erected. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Fortunately the dockyard was not busy, and the Agile and the Arrow were the next morning taken into dock, and a strong gang of men at once set to work upon them. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z And these gentlemen heard the crew say, as they slowly moved away from the dockyard: “Then Larry’s the only man of us’ll be alive in a week.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z After leaving the Government dockyard, the Prince was taken over works of private enterprise of even larger significance, the steel-furnaces, rolling-mills and rod-mills of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, which are also located in Newcastle. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z He had strolled out in the thick of the dockyard workmen going home to Linea in Spain. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The old Centurian was the receiving ship; she remained for many years off the dockyard. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z As to the prize, I should advise you to see if you cannot get some spars and rig a jury-mast; there are sure to be some in the dockyard. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z This repair and supply ship practically took the place of a dockyard, so far as our destroyer forces were concerned. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z On the right, as the Calcutta passed on, curved a long sickle-shaped arm of rock forming the other side of the harbour, and terminating in the white sheds and fortifications of the naval dockyard. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Its population is largely industrial, employed in the Chatham dockyards, and in cement and brick works in the neighbourhood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Cavite, which boasts a fort, an arsenal, a dockyard, and a cigar manufactory, lies on a low, narrow tongue of land projecting into the bay. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The admiral hinted to-day that, as the dockyard people say that the Spartane can be ready for sea in ten days or so, he will probably send me home in her. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Naval harbours are required by maritime powers as stations for their fleets, and dockyards for construction and repairs, and also in some cases as places of shelter from the night attacks of torpedoes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z To answer this demand, every dockyard in the country is working at the highest pressure. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z At the same time, the royal dockyard, containing a dry-dock 610 ft. in length, and the residences in connexion, were also taken over for the use of the department of marine and fisheries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Whom of those hundreds who stood at the long tables spread in the dockyard, and feasted upon potted and tinned food, thought of the massacred Chinese? In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z I was speaking to the superintendent of the dockyard before I came out, and he says that he will get the Agile ready for sea in three weeks' time. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Seven consecutive articles were written and published to show the necessity of making a dockyard for Sarrio at a spot called Foril. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z No wonder that Englishwomen find their work in the dockyards ‘ever so interesting’. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z Of as early date probably as the dockyard, was the 'Warren,' the name by which the Arsenal was formerly called. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z In Portsmouth, a blue-collar city where about one in 10 people works at a naval dockyard on England’s south coast, the fall from grace has hurt. Cash Crisis Haunts English Soccer Club as Banker Owner in Court 2011-12-16T02:24:06Z The superintendent of the dockyard kept his word, and in three weeks the Agile was afloat again, and the next morning twenty men drafted from the war-ships in the port were transferred to her. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z At the time the question of the port came up, he lost no time in looking in the dictionary for the words port, dockyard, tides, dredges, winds, etc. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z ‘They are so excited when they actually get on board,’ said a dockyard inspectress to me recently ‘that they forget all about the difficulties and objections to the work.’ The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z Moreover, in other days when the dockyard flourished, stores of ships' cannon were kept here, ready to be placed on ships as soon as commissioned. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z She hardly made any water, though occasionally some hands came off from the dockyard and pumped her dry, with a deal of din and noise and no end of talking and chaffing. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z As soon as she had picked up moorings Nat landed at the dockyard, and, proceeding to the admiral's, reported himself there. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z The dockyard and fleet of Toulon were destroyed by a British force under Sir Sidney Smith, detached from the fleet of Lord Hood, in November, 1793. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z No talking, I was informed, is allowed in that dockyard, during the working hours on board, between the sailors or men labourers and the women and there is constant supervision of the women employed. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z He paid frequent visits to the dockyard on his duties as Secretary to the Admiralty, and seems to have looked after his business well. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The headquarters of the fleet and arsenal are in the island of Salamis, where there is a dockyard with naval stores, a floating dock and a torpedo school. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The two juniors remained on their ships until the schooner was out of the hands of the dockyard men. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z We have paralysed the fleets and armies of a continent, and the warships of Europe are now resting motionless in dockyards or lying as wrecks on the sands and rocks of the coasts. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z It is this note that one finds above all, amongst the women in the dockyards. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z He accompanied the young tsar abroad on his first foreign tour, and worked by his side in the dockyards of Saardam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Under the royal sanction, the dockyards of Seville were at his command. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z "The schooner has half a dozen holes in her bow, sir, and a dozen or so in her sails, nothing that the dockyard could not set right in a fortnight." A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Singularly free from large knots and other blemishes, they made huge spars and masts of vessels, as well as piles for dockyards, bridges, etc. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z He said no more about our promise, yet as he stood on the deck of the troopship and I on the dockyard, I think we both thought of it. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z He took part in the expedition to Kinburn, and then returned to Sevastopol to superintend a portion of the demolition of the Russian dockyard. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z To the south of the town are the Alameda parade and gardens, a lunatic asylum, the dockyard, graving docks and the naval and military hospitals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z I will give you an order on the dockyard for any repairs that you cannot get executed elsewhere. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z On the jetty were the dockyard Staff-captain's men, ready at the word of command to slip "springs" and hawsers; but the usual setting of the picture of a departing man-of-war was absent. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z These were happily preserved and deciphered, and were found to be records of the dockyard authorities of the Athenian admiralty in the second and third centuries before Christ. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Here there were three miles of deep water safe from sea attack, with an arsenal and dockyard, on the very weakest point along the line of our highway between England and India! The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z With the completion of the new dockyard works the value of Gibraltar as a naval base has greatly increased. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z "I have received the report from the dockyard people, Mr. Glover," the admiral said. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z He had seen her lying in one of the basins of the dockyard extensions at Portsmouth, looking the picture of neglect in her garb of grey mottled with the stains of rusty iron. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Meanwhile, feverish activity prevails in our dockyards; our fleet is coaling and being supplied with everything necessary. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z The same reason explains why Government dockyards and arms factories are always managed so unsatisfactorily. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z On the west side of the Rock the slopes are less steep, especially as they near the sea, and on this side lie the town, the Alameda or public gardens, the barracks and the dockyard. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z He spent his time for the next fortnight in the dockyard seeing to the refitting of the schooner. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Seamen and dockyard "maties" were everywhere, working with the utmost activity—for here at least there was no slacking. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Harry Milvaine now holds a good appointment in a dockyard, and his leave is always spent in the Highlands, and honest Andrew and he are as good friends as ever. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Worse was to come, however, from this trick of Nero’s; for not long after, in a dockyard town, while out walking, I perceived some distance ahead of me our elderly admiral of the Fleet. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Falk strolled down River Street towards the dockyard, his brain pregnant with new thoughts. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z He was, therefore, much more complaisant than dockyard officials generally are to the demands made upon them by young lieutenants in command of small craft. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z They remained on deck while the barge beat down the long reach past the dockyards, and then with slackened sheets rounded the wooded curve down into Gillingham Reach, then, accompanied by Roberts, they went below. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z Then before that they have a tradition that a still earlier ‘throw’ took place, when the timber chiefly went to the dockyards for the building of those wooden walls which held the world at bay. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z At half-past seven of a fine summer morning you may see them, hurried and hungry, trotting along towards the dockyard, looking as if another hour’s sleep would not have come amiss to them. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It was just within the hour when Leder von Bersac passed out of the dockyard gates bearing the two brass cylinders in his arms, and received the salutes of the sentries. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z About a week after the hurricane, I was standing watching the transport of a huge steam-launch over an isthmus to the dockyard, when I felt a hand on my shoulder. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z On his rivers and bays he had built dockyards, and his shipwrights' hammers could be heard sounding over the waters far and wide. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Eventually this moralising Frenchman reached London through Rochester, which place was one long street inhabited solely by ships’ carpenters and dockyard men. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z When near the dockyard steps, a great log of wood used to be pitched out of the boat, and Nero sent after it. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Its vast dockyards attract a whole population of workmen, whose presence swells its wealth and importance. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z On Friday, more than 50 firefighters tackled a fire involving gas cylinders at a Cornwall dockyard, in the UK. Your week in pictures 2011-06-19T10:29:36Z More than 150 residents will not return to their homes overnight following a fire involving gas cylinders at a Cornwall dockyard. Docks fire forces residents out 2011-06-17T20:00:24Z This is a story of the days when George the Third was king, and when "Jack the Painter" was trying to set fire to the shipping in Government dockyards. Blackie & Sons Catalogue - 1886 Books for Young People 2011-06-16T02:00:16.233Z He was standing one day near the dockyard foreman’s house, when the dinner bell rang, and just at the same time a servant came out with a piece of bread for Toby. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Sevastopol is very peculiarly situated, amidst rocky ground, rising so abruptly from the shore, that there was not space for the buildings necessary for a dockyard. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z When the Soviet Union collapsed, the rusting hull of the Varyag sat in dockyards in Ukraine. New aircraft carrier 2011-06-08T10:27:16Z Officers and engineers have to be here, there, and everywhere, for the lumpers pinch worse than—well! worse than the mate of a ship moored near a Government dockyard, and that's saying something. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Those who have been down at the scene of the disaster report that it will be impossible to clear the channel in less than a week or ten days, using every resource of the dockyard. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Sheerness on two sides is bounded by the dockyard, which divides it from the sea. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Stroll down to the dockyards with Samuel Pepys; take a walk down Fleet Street with Dr. Johnson; or, even as late as the days of Charles Dickens, go round the parish with Mr. Bumble. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Fortresses are used either to protect points of vital importance, such as capital cities, military depots and dockyards, or at strategic points such as railway junctions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Stroll through a private dockyard and then through a public one; visit a large mercantile office and then a Government department in Whitehall; and decide whether the State is a model master. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z We blew our whistles and the coxswain waved a lantern, whereupon a small tug that had a couple of dockyard lighters attached gave a hoarse 'toot' in response, and followed us down the river. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Indeed, the dockyard occupies the most comfortable corner, and seems to say to the town, ‘Stand aside; you’re nobody.’ Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z He became king in 1910 and won widespread respect during World War I when he visited the front line, hospitals, factories and dockyards. Coal miner to Queen 2011-04-13T09:46:48Z In the same year the land defences of some of the British dockyards were taken in hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z It has no special trade beyond that connected with the dockyards and Government works. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z At two o'clock this afternoon we knew that it did, for the news of the enemy's landing in Norfolk was signalled down from the dockyard. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z When passing through the dockyard one day, we met an immense Saint Bernard, who strutted up to Nero, and at once addressed him in what appeared to me the following strain— “‘Hullo! Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It was due to his efforts that the Yokosuka dockyard was constructed. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z All the warehouses, 80 dwellings, and the vessels in the dockyards were consumed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z It is the seat of one of the royal dockyards, and an important naval and military station. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z When a certain amount of order was restored it was discovered that a big dockyard tug was settling down by the head. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z But I never could feel the slightest interest in the dockyards or the ships at Spithead. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Oguri evidently foresaw the downfall of the Shogunate, and yet ordered the construction of the dockyard, so that it would be useful for the future rulers of Japan. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z The great centre of the manufacture of flags, as far as the royal navy is concerned, is the dockyard at Chatham. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The old naval dockyard was shut up in 1869, but the royal victualling yard is still the largest establishment of its kind. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z So away we marched down the echoing spaces of the almost deserted dockyard till we arrived at the 'Thunderbolt' pontoon. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Everything was very trim and man-o’-war-like on board her; but no government dockyard ever turned out such a beautiful model as she was. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z The subject matter of them all was the mention of persons, places, dockyards, ships and so on, which had obviously been embodied in the report Lassen had sent to Berlin. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Another three weeks in dockyard hands, I suppose, and the fun only just beginning. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z One morning the church and dockyard bells pealed out an alarm; the lookout on the hill above the town had sighted a cruiser, cleared for action, and making straight for the wireless station. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z None of the dockyard and naval craft present were equipped with searchlights. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z At this place I landed, and having got a permit, was kindly shewn over the splendid dockyards. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z There is a large harbour for destroyers and submarines at the eastern end of the island, and also a small dockyard for repairing light craft. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Next day we proceeded," he continues, "to the military station and dockyard of Penetanguishene by a path through the woods, which, to the honour of the late Mr. Wilberforce, bears his name. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z "There is no chance of any spillage spreading as the area is part of naval dockyard," he said. Indian warship 'to be salvaged' 2011-02-02T14:21:38Z A little later I thought I would go down to the dockyard on the off-chance of picking up any further information. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Here everything is confusion; the saner elements are trying to keep order, the roughs are going round the dockyard and ships, looting freely. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z The English fleet then burnt the Dutch East India Company’s dockyard at Terschelting, inflicting great loss. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z HMS Astute is one of four nuclear submarines being built at the Barrow dockyard in Cumbria. Exercise at nuclear submarine yard exposes serious safety failings 2010-09-22T17:09:00Z Then we were permitted to enter the dockyard — the same spot where we had met with Mr. Parker the day before without a problem — without interference. Order and Chaos in a Bustling Cleanup 2010-06-24T16:36:00Z External blast The shattered wreck of the 1,200-tonne gunboat has now been winched to the surface, in two pieces, and is being examined at a naval dockyard. Seoul searching 2010-04-29T02:52:00Z Three looters were executed to-day in the dockyard and this has had a steadying effect on the worst elements. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z It entered the Thames, forced the entrance of the Medway, and burnt both the dockyard at Chatham and a number of the finest ships in the navy which were lying in the river. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Stolen van plunges into dockyard Police divers are attempting to recover a body believed to be inside a stolen van which plunged into a Fife dockyard. Stolen van plunges into dockyard 2010-03-17T22:15:00Z He remained some days in the busy capital of Catalonia, and found there much to engage his attention in the arsenals and dockyards, now alive with the bustle of preparation. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies A couple of dingy black "rigger" boats, propelled "Maltee fashion," with the rowers standing facing forward, appeared between the dockyard wall and the great curved stem. H.M.S. —— Simultaneously Italian monitors were bombarding the Austrian dockyards south of Trieste. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. In the penury of the dockyards Holmes could not be provided with the force he was promised, and the enterprise was but partially successful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The general interest then subsided; and in a few minutes thereafter, with exception of the carpenters and some stray children, the dockyard presented the picture of emptiness. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 About 12 m. lower down there are a government dockyard and merchants’ warehouses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Slowly she gathered way, and to the clatter of the dockyard capstans as the slack of the hawsers was taken in, her forty-foot curved stem passed the black caisson gates. H.M.S. —— Great quantities of military and naval stores are kept at the dockyards of Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Pembroke. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The dockyards were brought into far better order, and though corruption was not banished, it was much reduced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The dockyard is lighted by electricity, so that work can be carried on by night as well as day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Arrived at the dockyard, where the engineer and the sailor were working together Herbert recounted what had happened. Abandoned Needless to say that there is an all-night telephonic service into his Majesty's dockyards, and for the commander of a "destroyer" to be rung up at any hour was nothing out of the common. A Traitor's Wooing From the middle of December Brest had been kept under watch, and orders had been issued to the dockyards to prepare for sea as many ships of the line as were available. Naval Warfare Inspections of the fleet and the dockyards were established, and the corps of Marines was created in 1755. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" As he grew older his father took him on all his rounds, reviewing troops, inspecting studs, foundries, dockyards and granaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Besides, he was ably seconded by Pencroft, who, having worked for several years in a dockyard at Brooklyn, knew the practical part of the trade. Abandoned The admiralty had a dockyard here which was closed in 1905. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" His assistant, he said, had been sent back on foot with a message through the main gate just when the dockyard men or "maties," as they are called, were leaving work at midday. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England There are a large royal dockyard and a small-arms factory; there are also iron works, cotton, flour and macaroni mills. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Capstans on dock walls in British government dockyards are usually driven by hydraulic or air pressure, conveyed through pipes to small engines underneath the capstans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" This is proved by the extant inventories of the Athenian dockyards. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships The shipping in New England was decked with bunting, and, within twenty-four hours after the news arrived, the dockyards rang with the sound of saw and hammer. The Greater Republic A History of the United States What a sight you have of dockyards, where thousands of men are ship-building! and what a fleet of vessels laden with the produce of every country under heaven! The Cruise of the Elena or Yachting in the Hebrides Cartagena is fortified, and possesses an arsenal and naval dockyards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" There was a dockyard still, and a commodore in command, and a guardship and gunboats, and English regiments and West Indian regiments with English officers. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses We have, moreover, a direct proof of the size of the longest oars used in triremes, for the inventories of the Athenian dockyards expressly state that they were 9½ cubits, or 13 ft. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Bk At entrance to Niagara River, lighthouse, dockyard, and a fort at, 58. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History There are, however, strong evidences of the existence of dockyards, or of something answering thereto, at very early dates, at Rye, Shoreham and Winchelsea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" In honour of her own birthday she has ordered three screw frigates to be built in Spanish dockyards; regretting that the screws must be constructed abroad. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Penn and Venables and the Puritan conquest, and Morgan and the buccaneers; Port Royal crowded with Spanish prizes; its busy dockyards, and English frigates and privateers fitting out there for glorious or desperate enterprises. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses He recognized at once that the communication was coming over the wire from the dockyard, I am told; and I have observed that every one of the dockyard wires is intact. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories He remembered that light duty now well enough; a commission as lieutenant and the visiting of many offices in the formidable buildings which constituted the dockyard. Command At Portsmouth and at Southampton there seem to have been at all times dep�ts for both ships and stores, though there was no regular dockyard at Portsmouth till the middle of the 16th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Many of them are Devon born and bred, and imported from the dockyards of the three towns. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) After the dockyard we went through the soldiers' quarters and then walked through the streets of the once famous station. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Then in that case——” “In that case, Mr. Narkom, there can be no shadow of a doubt that that message was sent by somebody in this house—and over the dockyard’s own private wire.” Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Our rough and amateurish tricks gave way to the ordered schemes of the dockyard; our ships were armed for us in a protective coat of many colours. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war But the director of dockyards is the admiralty official under whose instructions the work goes on, involving the employment and supervision of an army of artisans and labourers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" It has divisions at the great dockyards; it is the adviser and helper of multifarious smaller zones in case of difficulty. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police We were to lunch with the commodore of the station at the Port Royal dockyard. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Somebody’s telegraphin’ naval secrets from the dockyard, and the storm’s ‘tapped’ a 155 wire somewhere and sent the message to us!” Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories We know that instructions come from a department of the Admiralty to the dockyard painters, in many cases by telegraph. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The system of conducting business at the dockyards is analogous to that which prevails at the admiralty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Beyond lies the dockyard, and the dock, which is of great extent; and to the west may be seen Artillery Bay. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century At the dockyard pier the commodore was waiting for us. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses But the dead hand, which had recovered the broken flex, still held it, you see, and no more of the ‘tapped’ message went down the dockyard wire. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories The principal productions of these towns," says Mr. Pickwick, "appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Germany.—With the expansion of the German navy considerable additions have been made to the two principal dockyards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The dockyards were busy places and we need not be surprised that good prices were paid for masts, yards, bowsprits and ship timber in general. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 Everyone employed in the dockyard, even down to his own household, is rated on the ship's books, consequently they are all men. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Arsenals and Dockyards.—After the loss of Port Arthur, China possessed no dockyard which could dock vessels over 3000 tons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" For the last seven weeks the ten dockyards of the east coast of America, and at Halifax in Nova Scotia, had been thronged with shipping, and swarming with workmen and sailors. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror The caisson itself also serves as a very strong movable bridge, and therefore is often preferred at dockyards to dock gates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The primitive application of the same principle is to be seen in the devices used in dockyards and workshops for moving heavy weights along the ground by skidding them on rollers. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast We returned to the dockyard in a boat under a full moon, the guardship gleaming white in the blue midnight and the phosphorescent water flashing under the oars. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The coast defences were placed under the control of the naval department, and the reorganization of the dockyards undertaken. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" This, in fact, was the principal reason why this rocky islet, some sixty miles from the coast, had been chosen by the Terrorists for their temporary dockyard. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Private firms are relied upon for the construction of many ships down to an advanced stage, the government dockyards completing and equipping them for commission. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The class he particularly encouraged were the artisans, who had been sent out from Portugal as ship-builders, rope-makers, and workmen in the arsenals and dockyards. Rulers of India: Albuquerque Well knowing the importance of keeping possession of the lake, the Americans turned Skenesborough into a dockyard, and were straining every nerve to get ready a fleet strong enough to cope with the British. Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. With the exception of the dockyards and fortifications there are few objects of interest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" The Avondale arrived the next day at the island which had been chosen as a dockyard, and the ship-building was at once commenced. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror The arrangements for the administrative control of the dockyards have varied with those adopted for the regulation of the navy as a whole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Stripping off the bark and dressing the knots was the next work, which would complete its readiness for Devonport dockyards, or perchance for the Cherbourg shipwrights. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement On the river front, extending into the borough of Greenwich, are the royal victualling yard and the site of the old Deptford dockyard. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" This dockyard covers an area of 516 acres, and has a river frontage of over 3 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" He had not the least idea what wadding was, and his notion of a bullet was a dockyard cannon-ball bigger than his own head. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II The chief function of a dockyard is the building and maintaining of ships in efficiency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Mr. Pat M'Donagh's mansion was wooden—one of a row of such, situated near the dockyard in which he wrought. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement The dockyard ceased to be used in 1869, and was filled up and converted into a foreign cattle market by the City Corporation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The dockyard was altered and improved by Charles I. and Charles II., and became the chief naval station of England. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" “Ask her to cast her eye over the German dockyards,” I put in. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War Italy.—The principal Italian state dockyards are Spezia, Naples and Venice, the first named being by far the most important. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Here, his father being in employment at the dockyard, the boy first went to school, having been religiously and devotedly put through the early stages of the educative process by his mother. Dickens' London Our schools are like dockyards, whence expensively-equipped vessels are launched provided with everything except ballast, which will prevent their capsizing in the first squall. The Broom-Squire These great dockyards at the very toe of the cape are the latest things of their kind. Westward with the Prince of Wales The entrance to the dockyard was guarded by a sentry with fixed bayonet. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War The dockyard is very completely equipped with machinery of the best British, German and Italian makes, and it has built several of the finest Italian ships. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The pictures are mostly marine subjects: two fine dockyard scenes are by Charles Dixon. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The East India Company, in whose dockyards he had worked as a carpenter, was a striking instance of the strength that could be built up by foreign commerce. Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters The vessels came to anchor off the village of Uraga, which is not far from the present site of the dockyards at Yokosuka. Japan It opened at a touch, and I found myself alone in the deserted dockyard. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War Spanish dockyards are of considerable antiquity, but of diminishing importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Pembroke has extensive trade, and its shipbuilding dockyard covers eighty acres. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The glorious full moon, gaining power, shone into every creek and cranny, and beamed brilliantly over the water as we steamed ahead, until at last we dropped anchor off the dockyard of Trincomalee. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' About the permanent dockyards, like Portsmouth, Devonport and Rosyth, or the Grand Fleet bases, nothing need be said here, because they do not come within the scope of this book. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships “If that is all, we must so far forget the duties of neutrality as to allow the friends of Japan to procure a craft suitable for the purpose from our dockyard at Kiel.” The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War Here the government dockyard is situated, and this harbour is consequently the resort of the few gunboats and galleys that are stationed here. Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers Opposite this dockyard is Milford, the harbor being a mile and a half wide. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel There was a good deal of singing at a row of cottages ashore, where, I suppose, the dockyard labourers live. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' On their arrival in Portsmouth dockyard the guns and depth charges were placed aboard and the vessels thoroughly equipped and fitted out for active service. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Punctually at the hour fixed I returned to the street outside the dockyard, where I found fifteen men assembled. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War A considerable number of bombs was dropped on the dockyards and on the war vessels in the harbor. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Off the dockyard lies at anchor the most famous of the "wooden walls of old England," the "Victory," the ship in which Nelson died at Trafalgar, then the most powerful vessel of the British navy. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Arrived on board the yacht, I found Tom just returned from a long examination of the dockyard and naval establishment. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' This undeniable fact incidentally provides another example—if such is now needed—of naval power resting not entirely on fleets and dockyards, but on every branch and twig of maritime activity. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships I rose again, and came to where my deputy was seated, carefully conning the boat out of the dockyard basin into the Baltic end of the great Canal. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War Reports were read of visits to factories, shops, slums, and dockyards. Monday or Tuesday The port of Plymouth comprises what are called the "Three Towns"—Plymouth proper, covering about a square mile, Stonehouse, and Devonport, where the great naval dockyard is located. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel “Can you do anything in the dockyard?” asked one of them. Adventures and Recollections Of these bases, which will be fully described in later chapters, there were about fifty, excluding the great dockyards and fleet headquarters, but inclusive of those situated overseas. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Accordingly, as soon as I had dined, I went out and took my way toward the government dockyard. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War They still show the room in the dockyard where the elder Dickens worked, and where his son often came to visit him. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History The chief place of interest is the dockyard at Portsea, the entrance to which, by the Common Hard, or terrace fronting the harbor, bears the date of 1711. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Accordingly I gave up my situation at the dockyard, and having bid adieu to Middlesborough, I took train for Bradford. Adventures and Recollections And when he got to the dockyard his obliging feet carried him to a man in a great leather apron, busy with great beams of wood and tools that Dickie had never seen. Harding's luck I hastened back by the most direct way I could find, to the dockyard gates. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War Even the government, it is said, purchase most of the oak used in the dockyards of Genoa at the French ports before mentioned. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Beyond Rochester the powerful modern defensive work of Fort Pitt rises over Chatham to defend the Medway entrance and that important dockyard. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The Furious was at once placed in the hands of the dockyard people, who set to work immediately to repair damages, while large quantities of provisions were brought off from the stores on shore. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson When Dickie had learned as much about dogs as he felt he could bear for that day, he felt free to go down to the dockyard and go on learning how ships were built. Harding's luck The town once enjoyed a flourishing trade in hemp,—an article which found its way to our dockyards; but this branch of traffic now scarcely exists. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge He pictures Salisbury Plain, Newmarket Heath, and all downs, arising into dockyards for aerial vessels; and he professes himself willing to go to Paris by air, 'if there is no air sickness'. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force It is the naval dockyard that gives Plymouth its chief importance: this is at Devonport, which is strongly fortified by breastworks, ditches, embankments, and heavy batteries. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Both prizes were bought into the service and handed over to the dockyard for a thorough refit. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Then every day Dickie went down to the dockyard when lessons were done. Harding's luck A pair of steel wheels and a heavy axle were required, and all the work was done in the dockyard under Captain Scott's supervision. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Janey was barred in the school after that, the girls deciding that, whether the story were true or not, she was a dockyard girl for telling it. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The dockyard is one of the largest in England, and its defensive works, as yet incomplete, will when finished make it a powerful fortress, there being several outlying batteries and works still to complete. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Till the vessel gets out of the hands of the dockyard men there is nothing whatever for you to do. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson From the spot where I stand, I can catch a glimpse of the dockyards, and the hulls of six dismounted men-of-war. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Below Mortlake the river hears the forge and the dockyard; torpedo-boats drive out into the tide; it is different water, London water, under their bows. Highways and Byways in Surrey The girls who were liked were usually nicknamed and always chaffed; the rest were treated with different degrees of politeness, the dockyard girls, as the lowest of all, being called miss, even by the teachers. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The great dockyard encloses an area of ninety-six acres and has thirty-five hundred feet of water-frontage. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel It happened that they were the only two boys that had been brought down, and the dockyard official said it would be a pity to separate them. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson These were the admiral, G. O. Willes, of Devonport dockyard celebrity and traditionally known to us; the commander, nephew to the admiral; and the flag lieutenant. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 It was said that at the end of 1907 the German Government had ships of war building in every great dockyard in the world. The Message Then came the forest of masts, the activity of the dockyards, and "The impress of shipwrights, whose hard toil Doth scarce divide the Sunday from the week." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 That was long before iron steamers sent our good oaken ships to rot in the dockyards of Maine. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Nor am I. I hope the dockyard won’t keep us waiting for stores. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson There, the first attempt at shipbuilding on foreign lines was made, and there, also, is now situated the premier private dockyard in Japan, namely, that of the Mitsubishi Company. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The government dockyards were systematically plundered, and the same article often sold four times over to the officials. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The principal productions", he wrote, "appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. Dickens-Land One morning one of the midshipmen, in stepping into the dockyard boat, had the misfortune to lose his dirk overboard. A Sailor of King George The American builder, at present at the head of the dockyard, has built a range of very neat workshops and stores; and great activity characterises the whole department. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The aim was the capture of the French East India company's dockyard at L'Orient, but it was not attained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The port of Sourabaya, supreme in mercantile importance, ranks as the second city of Java, as it contains the military headquarters, the principal dockyards, and the arsenal. Through the Malay Archipelago As it was, they were despatched to destroy the dockyards of the Netherlands, where it was said, and perhaps believed, that Napoleon was building ships to dispute British supremacy at sea. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) We at length received our rudder from the hands of the dockyard mateys. A Sailor of King George Then a great island is descried, covered with smelting works, huge dockyards, great warehouses and other evidences of commercial activity. The Critic in the Orient Delays, bad preparations, dockyard corruption, and the unpatriotic squabbles of the naval and military officers concerned caused the failure of a hopeful scheme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" I therefore beg leave, sincerely, to offer you my congratulations on this occasion; and trust you have received the stores sent from this dockyard, and the supernumeraries which were conveyed in the Mermaid. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II The ships were surrendered, all but twelve, which the Athenians were allowed to retain; the unfinished ships in the dockyards were burned, the fortifications demolished, and the Piræus dismantled. Ancient States and Empires The following morning the signal was made for all captains to repair to the dockyard to receive the Duke of Clarence. A Sailor of King George He never even in conversation alluded to Britannula, and spoke always of the dockyard at Devonport as though I had been familiar with its every corner. The Fixed Period Mr Charles Gordon, superintendent of his Majesty's dockyard at Deptford, a young officer of distinguished ability and exemplary character, was one of the passengers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 The clamoring dockyards hummed with excitement, while Good Queen Bess and her Ministers of State wrote defiant letters to the missives from the Spanish crown. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure But as the Union Space Navy began to take shape on the dockyards of Earth and a hundred other worlds, the independent worlds of the periphery began to eye the Union with suspicion. A Question of Courage I will thank you to desire the boatswain to turn the hands up to hear my commission read, and quartermaster,” addressing a dockyard matey, “go down and tell all the officers I am on board.” A Sailor of King George By the aid of powerful arc-lamps the dockyard hands took the crippled Oxford into dock, and, the caisson having been replaced, the water was quickly pumped out. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War I asked, and why did he sit in an Italian hotel fingering jewels, and giving a meeting-place at midnight to a common murderer from a dockyard? The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea It was with pleasure," observes Mr. Taylor, in his "General Character of the Dog," "that I watched the motions of a grateful animal belonging to one of the workmen employed at Portsmouth dockyard. Anecdotes of Dogs Other nations besides France possess in it great dockyards and arsenals, and its shores are backed by united peoples. The Life of Gordon, Volume II “That is not a quartermaster,” said I to him, “he is one of the dockyard men.” A Sailor of King George Under normal conditions the work would have taken a couple of months, but, by working day and night, the efficient dockyard staff hoped to effect repairs within nine days. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War This gave me an entry to the dockyard—all I wished at the moment. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea This is what may be supposed to be required, in cases of serious fires in dockyards, in large stacks of warehouses, or in large manufactories. Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction The Russians evidently intended this to be an exceptionally strong place, and they appear to have been making a quay all the way round the dockyard creek. The Life of Gordon, Volume I The frigate took us in tow, and in three hours afterwards we were lashed alongside the dockyard. A Sailor of King George Graduating at the head of his class, he studied naval construction for two years in British dockyards. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Paul had forgotten, for the time, Mr. Moncrief's connection with the Government dockyard. The Hero of Garside School He also induced the Admiralty, in 1841, to adopt hose-reels in the various dockyards, these implements having been previously in successful use in New York. Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction There were 6,000 jurymen, 1,600 bowmen, 1,200 Knights, 500 members of the Council, 500 guards of the dockyards, besides fifty guards in the Acropolis. The Athenian Constitution On the fourth day we righted her, as the dockyard maties had botched her up. A Sailor of King George I hope and trust your lordship has still the intention of forming a national fleet and a dockyard; without this your difficulties will be multiplied beyond measure. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II The last escapade of his that I heard of was when he hugged and removed most of the clothes from a low class Spanish workman from the dockyard at Gibraltar. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories As early as 1841, the Government began to profit by his experience, the Lords of the Admiralty having in that year consulted him on the subject of floating fire-engines for the various dockyards. Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction The part of a dockyard where cambering is performed, and timber kept. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. We had nearly completed our water and stores, when I was ordered to the dockyard with the launch for the remainder and two anchor-stocks. A Sailor of King George I have your valuable memoranda on the defences and dockyard of Bermuda," he said, "and I am greatly obliged to you for them, as will be Lord Grey. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II There must be many officers and men in the Navy who remember "North Corner Bob," another red-haired Irish terrier, who used to frequent the landing place at North Corner in Portsmouth dockyard. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories I am just going ashore myself to see about some stores from the dockyard, and will go there with you. With Cochrane the Dauntless A large apartment in dockyards where the sails are cut out and made. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Pumps were also sent from the dockyard, and were introduced into the hold through the decks, which had been scuttled for that purpose. A Sailor of King George Church and dockyard bells pealed out the alarm. World's War Events, Vol. I The ship was long overdue for the dockyard, but the skipper and Pettigrew looked at each other, hardly able to believe their ears. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories This, however, was a good deal longer than the original, and the dockyard authorities decided that it must be taken down considerably. With Cochrane the Dauntless A dockyard official who has the charge of converting timber for its different purposes in ship-building. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At length, Greenwich pensioners, riggers, and dockyard mateys took their departure, to our great satisfaction, as it was impossible to bring the ship’s crew into discipline whilst they were on board. A Sailor of King George Mechanically seizing the garden-hat and shawl that hung in the hall, she put them on, and ran out into the street, setting off at full speed for the dockyard gates. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls In fact he terrorised all the dogs in Portsmouth dockyard, including two spaniels belonging to the Admiral Superintendent. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories The main boom was sprung, and he obtained from the dockyard another spar to replace it. With Cochrane the Dauntless Gangs of hands employed on special duties out of the ship or dockyard. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. We must send him to the dockyard for surgical aid. A Sailor of King George The same fate befell the proposition to provide a dockyard. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 But she competes with them all and, save in cases of very severe damage, rarely confesses the job to be beyond her powers and has to send her troublesome child to a dockyard. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories Scottish India House As the means for building ships in Scotland did not then exist, recourse was had to the dockyards of Amsterdam and Hamburg. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America The chief superintendent in the building and repairing of ships in the royal dockyards. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “Why,” said he, “that burning rascal set fire to the rope-house in the dockyard about the time you were born, and there the gentleman’s bones are rattling to the breeze as a warning to others.” A Sailor of King George And I was chased by the dockyard police all the way from the Admiral Superintendent's garden with a young fir-tree under my arm. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions The Knight of Sherborne had found her building in Plymouth dockyard, and had tempted her would-be owner to part with her for a price he could not resist. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea |
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