This tree was presented by the Bracknell & District Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the formation of the lifeboat service 1824-1974 — — Map (db m240382) HM
The weir is the latest in a series built here over the last 600 years. Early weirs were solid banks of interwoven stakes filled with stones built across the river. No-one is sure who built these first weirs but millers, fishermen and boatmen all . . . — — Map (db m231922) HM
The Island's name dates from when the Ray family managed a flour mill here.
Maidenhead Borough Council acquired the site in 1950 from the Conservators of the River Thames. As you crossed the wooden bridge onto the Island you may have noticed . . . — — Map (db m224213) HM
To mark the centenary of the end of World War I, the Town Council collaborated with the leaders from 1st Chesham Bois Scout Group and Amersham in Bloom volunteers to create an extraordinary display in remembrance of the many men and women who . . . — — Map (db m238431) HM
Welcome to the Discovery Quay
From the quayside and the National Maritime Museum Cornwall (NMMC), there are fine vistas of the harbour with Falmouth's historic fabric of tiered harbourside properties dominating the waterfront.
The Port . . . — — Map (db m124016) HM
Welcome to Falmouth Docks
The port of Falmouth’s greatest asset is its deep and sheltered harbour. Amny mariners throughout the centuries have long regarded Falmouth as the “First and Last Port” for ships crossing the Atlantic . . . — — Map (db m124042) HM
Coastal Forces of World War II
HMS Forte IV
This plaque commemorates the men and women of Allied Coastal Forces who served with the Royal Navy at HMS Forte IV at Falmouth between 1941 and 1946. At HMS Forte IV Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats . . . — — Map (db m124014) WM
This stone commemorates the start of work on the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in the presence of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh twenty-seventh of July nineteen ninety-nine — — Map (db m124017) HM
Welcome to Pendennis Point
Black Rock and St Anthony's Lighthouse
Black Rock, the isolated rock located in the entrance to Falmouth Harbour, roughly divides it into two distinct channels: the eastern deep-water channel and the western . . . — — Map (db m124043) HM
Early in the 17th century, according to local legend, Sir Walter Raleigh pointed out to Sir John Killigrew of Arwenack that Falmouth was the ideal site for a port to handle sailing ships. In 1611 John Speed wrote “Falmouth is so copious, . . . — — Map (db m124018) HM
Neptune
This statue was given to the City in 1729
by George Bowes M.P. of Gibside and Streatlam
as a symbol of the scheme to link Durham to the sea
by improved navigation of the River Wear.
It stood on top of the Market Place wellheads . . . — — Map (db m126170) HM
From this hotel in 1865 until the lifeboat station moved to East Quay in 1882, on lifeboat calls the crew was taken by horse brake to their station at Sandbanks, which is now the site of the Royal Motor Yacht Club.
In 2015 the Poole lifeboat . . . — — Map (db m230573) HM
Anchor
This iron anchor was caught in the net of a Newhaven trawler that was fishing about two miles offshore in October 1932.
It is probably about 300 years old. — — Map (db m129662) HM
Queenhithe was a thriving Saxon and medieval dock and is the only inlet surviving along the City waterfront today.
In AD 886 the Roman City was reoccupied by King Alfred the Great, the City walls providing some protection from Viking raids. . . . — — Map (db m117877) HM
Roman London
Walbrook Wharf is the point where the now buried Walbrook River fed into the River Thames. The Walbrook is one of London’s ‘Lost Rivers’, a watercourse which has been lost to time and history.
The Walbrook was a feature of . . . — — Map (db m117900) HM
About 350 years ago, workmen dug a canal in St. James's Park for the enjoyment of the fun-loving Charles II.
The King swam in the canal in the summer and skated on the ice in winter; He spent many hours feeding his collection of . . . — — Map (db m109493) HM
HQS Wellington is a unique part of Britain’s maritime heritage and the last surviving example of a wartime escort ship in Britain.
Wellington was built for the Royal Navy in 1934 and during the second World War served in the Battle of the . . . — — Map (db m118304) HM WM
In
Commemoration of the
Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary of the
Accession
Of His Majesty
King George V
This Reach of the River Between
London Bridge
And Westminster
Bridge Was, With
His Majesty’s
Gracious permission
Named by
The . . . — — Map (db m118301) HM
An 18 ft statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson stands atop the column. Four bronze relief sculptures, cast from captured French guns, are on the faces of the plinth. They depict Nelson’s major battles.The Death of Nelson at Trafalgar, . . . — — Map (db m118031) WM
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company - known today as P&O - grew from a partnership between an Englishman, Brodie McGhie Willcox and a Shetlander, Arthur Anderson. In 1837 their Peninsular Steam shipping service between England and . . . — — Map (db m117788) HM
In 1691, Sir Christopher Wren designed for Queen Mary II
a terrace overlooking the Thames in front of the old river wall
of Whitehall Palace built by Henry VIII. This terrace projecting about 70 feet into the bed of the river, was about 280 feet . . . — — Map (db m121465) HM
In 2001, the UK Government asked the RNLI to provide lifeboat cover for a river - the Thames - for the first time in the charity's history. The following year, a lifeboat station was established at Tower Pier and a 40-knot E class lifeboat was . . . — — Map (db m117973) HM
Samuel Plimsoll
Born 1824 – died 1898
Erected by the Members
of the National Union of
Seamen. In Grateful
Recognition of His
Services to the
Men of the Sea
Of All Nations — — Map (db m117947) HM
The Yacht London
1927 The Beginning
The Yacht London (“St. Katherine”) was commissioned in 1927 as a survey and inspection vessel by the Port of London Authority from boat builders Philip & Son Ltd of Dartmouth for the princely . . . — — Map (db m118306) HM
63ft General Purpose Pinnace Mk. 1 1955 — 1985
The 63ft General Purpose Pinnace Mk.1 was the workhorse of the post-second world war RAF Marine Craft fleet, and saw extensive service with the RAF overseas at Gibraltar, Cyprus, Malta, Singapore . . . — — Map (db m118508) HM
This is one of the two main anchors from Ark Royal, the Royal Navy's last conventional aircraft carrier. Updated during her life with the addition of steam catapults, mirror landing gear and an angled flight deck, she was able to operate . . . — — Map (db m117747) HM
The stockless anchor was developed to avoid the difficult and labour-intensive task of stowing Admiralty-pattern anchors.
Stockless anchors can be hauled right up into the hawse-pipe with the flukes close against the ship's side. Hall's patent . . . — — Map (db m117746) HM
Regent’s Canal Islington
Maiden Lane Bridge to Sturts Lock
History
The eight and a half mile long Regent’s Canal was planned by Thomas Homer, a local businessman who saw the potential of a new waterway to link the Grand Junction . . . — — Map (db m118727) HM
A brief history of Regents Canal
The Regent's Canal is a 13.5km watercourse that extends from Little Venice in the west to Limehouse Basin in the east. Constructed as part of the Grand Union Canal system, it was the inspiration of engineer . . . — — Map (db m118725) HM
The origins of a dock and slipway at this site can be traced back to the 14th century. The present retaining structure was built c1868 as a parish dock when the Albert Embankment was constructed by the Metropolitan Board of Works to improve . . . — — Map (db m241240) HM
Part of the Hampton Court Palace Estate
Managed by Historic Royal Palaces
Discover the sights and stories along Barge Walk
History
Barge Walk runs for 5 km alongside the River Thames from Hampton Court Bridge to Kingston . . . — — Map (db m118689) HM
Henry VIII’s hunting park and Charles II’s formal canal.
Hunting at Hampton Court
Hampton Court’s great attraction for Henry VIII (r 1509-1547) and later monarchs was its hunting. Henry enclosed this 750 acre (300 hectare) park . . . — — Map (db m118685) HM
In 1914, the 15-inch gun was the newest, largest and most powerful of the big guns used in Royal Navy battleships. The gun was developed in 1912 for the new Queen Elizabeth class battleships and became the main armament in 22 ships. Each example . . . — — Map (db m118019) HM WM
Old Thameside Inn
Old Thameside Inn at Picktord's Wharf was formerly a tea warehouse, converted into a pub in the 1980’s. Next to it stands a fulf-size model of Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind (in which he captured great treasures on the high seas . . . — — Map (db m118650) HM
Old Thameside Inn
The Old Thameside Inn was once an old spice warehouse in the very busy Pickfords Wharf in the Pool of London on docks that date back to the 16th Century. Behind the pub is “The Clink" Street Prison, the private prison of . . . — — Map (db m118651) HM
Sir Francis Drake was a 16th century explorer, privateer and English National Hero who has inspired countless generations around the world. He was the first English captain to circumnavigate the globe and played a vital role in the defence of . . . — — Map (db m118646) HM
St. Mary Overie’s Dock
From the 16th century
Notice
This Dock is a free landing place at which
the Parishoners of St. Saviour’s Parish are
entitled to land goods free of toll.
Wardens Office
8, Southwark St. SE1
By order of the . . . — — Map (db m118644) HM
Legend suggests that before the construction of London Bridge in the tenth century a ferry existed here. Ferrying passengers across the River Thames was a lucrative trade. John Overs who, with his watermen and apprentices, kept the “traverse . . . — — Map (db m118649) HM
William the Conqueror began the Tower of London close to the riverside, to stop invaders coming up the Thames. The foreshore was originally an open beach, but as London developed, wharves and warehouses were built to serve its growing trading . . . — — Map (db m117356) HM
West India Docks — a first for London
Opened on 27th August 1802, West India Docks were London’s first purpose-built cargo handling docks. They were the largest structure of their kind in the world at that time, placing London at the . . . — — Map (db m121701) HM
An "A" Class Submarine
HMS Alliance was one of 16 "A" Class submarines designed during the Second World War and intended for use in the Far East. Measuring 28l feet long, Alliance displaced 1,620 tons when submerged and could dive . . . — — Map (db m123320) HM
To Commemorate the Unveiling of
the Conning Tower of HM Submarine E17
on 24 November 1989
by
the Earl of Erroll
Descendent of the Commanding Officer
Sir Guy Moncreiffe Thatilk — — Map (db m123323) HM
Those who died in RN Submarines
( the memorial lists the names of all men who died serving aboard submarines in the Royal Navy) — — Map (db m123324) WM
To the Memory of
The Young Men of the XIIth Submarine Flotilla
Who Lost Their Lives
In The Second World War
1939-1945
That You and I Might Live
In Freedom and Peace
Their Names Are Inscribed on a Scroll in the Museum
We Shall See, . . . — — Map (db m123325) WM
In pre-historic times, the Itchen flowed in two main channels in the centre of the river valley, near the Cathedral. Following the foundation of the Roman town, about 70 AD, this new artificial channel was created. This both reduced the chance of . . . — — Map (db m230027) HM
There has been a mill on this site since the 12th century. The medieval mill took its name from Segrim's Fount, a stream diverted in 1360 to increase power. Segrim's was the City's principal grain mill. The existing structure was built in 1885 at . . . — — Map (db m230003) HM
The PS Wingfield Castle is a unique survivor of a type of passenger vessel which once was common across Britain. She is a symbol of the technical skill of local people, both during her construction on this very spot during the great depression of . . . — — Map (db m125686) HM
PSS Wingfield Castle
PSS Wingfield Castle is the largest exhibit at the Museum of Hartlepool. She was built here in Hartlepool by William Gray & Co and launched in 1934. She served as a passenger ferry on the River Humber with her sister ships PSS . . . — — Map (db m125689) HM
There would be approximately 12 miles of rope on board an average frigate of the Napoleonic era.
The Standing Rigging supports the masts. It is very thick as it has to bear a great deal of weight. These ropes could be as large as 10cm . . . — — Map (db m125685) HM
In Memory Of All Those
Who Lost Their Lives At Sea
( eleven granite tablets, set into the pavement, list the names of lost sailors ) — — Map (db m125687) HM
The Shipwrecked
Fishermen & Mariners
Royal Benevolent Society
16 Wilfred Street London S.W.I.
Founded 1833 For The Alleviation Of
Every Phase Of Shipwreck Distress
Among The Seafaring Population
And Their Dependents
Over 1,000,000 . . . — — Map (db m125690) HM
The site of Red Crosse Bridge which once spanned Pinsley Brook, a canalised river running under Broad Street and around the monastery. — — Map (db m232985) HM
A View to the West
This view looks down into the ancient heart of Dover.
The Romans built two forts and a settlement, known as Portus Dubris. These were succeeded by a thriving Saxon and a later medieval walled town, all nestled in the . . . — — Map (db m128522) HM
Side A
During 1941, the German Battle Cruiser SCHARNHORST operated unchallenged in the Atlantic resulting in the sinking of 115,622 tons of British Merchant Shipping. Requiring maintenance it went to Brest harbour where it was joined by its . . . — — Map (db m132492) HM
This is the funnel of the trawler Goth which disappeared in a fierce storm off the North Cape of Iceland in December, 1948. There were 21 men onboard who had hoped to return from the fishing grounds to spend Christmas with their families.
. . . — — Map (db m73282) HM
30 CWT ‘Cochrane’ Steam Hammer
Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd, Kilmarnock
Anchors were made by a process known as forging. Iron bars, heated in a furnace, were joined together and hammered into shape by anchor smiths. No.1 Smithery's first . . . — — Map (db m118396) HM
Brunel Saw Mill Canal Lock, 1812-14
Scheduled Ancient Monument
During the Napoleonic Wars the Dockyard needed ever larger supplies of timber for shipbuilding and repair. To satisfy this increased demand the Navy built one of Britain’s . . . — — Map (db m118486) HM
First World War 100th Anniversary
To commemorate the loss of three Chatham Division Cruisers
His Majesty’s Ships Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy
and 1,459 men on 22nd September 1914 as a result of enemy action in the North Sea
Unveiled by
His . . . — — Map (db m118419) HM
On this Site
In the Old Single Dock
H.M.S.”Victory”
Was Laid Down on 23rd August 1759 and
Launched on the 7th May 1765 + + + She was
Almost Entirely Rebuilt in Chatham
Yard during the Years 1800 to 1803 and
On 30th July . . . — — Map (db m118438) HM
HM Submarine Ocelot, 1962
Launched in 1962 Ocelot was the last warship to be built at the Dockyard for the Royal Navy. It is preserved to commemorate the Dockyard's 20th century role as a builder of submarines. Between 1907 and 1966 . . . — — Map (db m118413) HM
HMS Cavalier, 1944
National Destroyer Memorial
National Historic Fleet
HMS Cavalier is preserved as a memorial to the 142 Royal Navy destroyers sunk during the Second World War with the loss of over 11,000 lives. Cavalier . . . — — Map (db m118418) HM WM
HMS Gannet, 1878
National Historic Fleet
Built on the River Medway at Sheerness Dockyard in 1878Gannet demonstrates the introduction of iron and steam to warship construction. Her composite construction hull is built with teak . . . — — Map (db m118411) HM
Mast Houses & Mould Loft
Scheduled Ancient Monument, Grade 1 Listed Building
Skilled mast-makers, working in these Mast Houses, made timber masts and spars for the sail-powered warsips of the age of sail. They were made from fir logs that . . . — — Map (db m118394) HM
No. 1 Machine Shop 1861; Armour Plate Shop 1865
Grade II* Listed Buildings
The decision to build HMS Achilles at the Dockyard in 1861 led to the requirement for new buildings to be able to house the machine tools required to work . . . — — Map (db m118440) HM
No.1 Smithery, 1808
Scheduled Ancient Monument
In 1805 the Dockyard Officers petitioned the Navy Board for a new Smithery at Chatham to replace an earlier and smaller 18th century Smiths' Shop as a result of the "great introduction of iron . . . — — Map (db m118480) HM
No.2 Dry Dock, 1856
Scheduled Ancient Monument
This was the site of the Old Single Dock where HMS Victory was built and launched in 1765.
As ship building changed from wood to iron and the size of vessels increased, there was . . . — — Map (db m118479) HM
During the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) the Navy Board set about minimising the impact of dry rot on ships under construction by erecting covers over all the slips and docks used for shipbuilding.
At Chatham the large slips in front of . . . — — Map (db m118410) HM
No. 3 Dry Dock, 1820; No. 4 Dry Dock, 1840
Scheduled Ancient Monuments
The dry docks were used for both shipbuilding and ship repair. During the age of sail the Navy Board built more dry docks than any other country. Originally they were . . . — — Map (db m118412) HM
North Mast Pond, 1702
Scheduled Ancient Monument
In the age of sail fir logs for mast-making were first seasoned by storing them under water in the mast ponds. This allowed the sap to die back without the resin drying out. The Dockyard had . . . — — Map (db m118489) HM
Plate-Bending Rolls, 1913
Hugh Smith & Co, Possil Works, Glasgow
One of the largest machine tools ever used in Chatham Dockyard, this set of 42ft (12.8m) plate-bending rolls weighs 200 tons. It was installed in the yard's No. 5 machine . . . — — Map (db m118483) HM
Propeller, RFA Reliant, c. 1954
Propeller from the 14,000 ton Royal Fleet Auxiliary Reliant. Originally built as the Somersby, a grain carrier, she was purchased by the Admiralty in 1957 and converted to become the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s first . . . — — Map (db m118395) HM
South Mast Pond, 1696
Scheduled Ancient Monument
The grey gravel area marks the location of the South Mast Pond. First dug in 1696, it is now the Historic Dockyard's oldest surviving Scheduled Ancient Monument. It was filled in during the . . . — — Map (db m118488) HM
Steam Hammer, 1955
R G Ross & Son, Glasgow
Steam hammers played an important role in iron and steel shipbuilding. They were used as part of the forging process to hammer iron, heated in furnaces, into shape. They were located in workshops . . . — — Map (db m118397) HM
( plaque 1 )
The story of the Bell Mast begins in the 1850’s at Chatham. The plan shows Chatham Dockyard in 1864. Many of the buildings shown on the plan still exist today. the Lower Boat House, North Mast Pond and Covered Slips can be . . . — — Map (db m118373) HM
The Clocktower Building, 1723
Scheduled Ancient Monument
The oldest naval store-house to survive in any of the Royal Dockyards. The Clocktower Building was constructed at the head of the docks as a 'present use store' for materials and . . . — — Map (db m118439) HM
1939
HMS Blanche · HMS Duchess · HMS Gipsy
1940
HMS Acasta · HMS Acheron · HMS Ardent · HMS Basilisk · HMS Brazen · HMS Cameron · HMS Codrington · HMS Daring · HMS Delight · HMS Escort · HMS Esk · HMS Exmouth · HMS Glowworm · HMS Grafton · HMS . . . — — Map (db m118416) HM
The Victory Dock
Named to commemorate the bicentenary of the
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
and the construction of HMS Victory on this site
23 July 1759 – 7 May 1765
Vice Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE ADC Martin
Second Sea . . . — — Map (db m118436) HM WM
Timber-Seasoning Sheds, 1774
Scheduled Ancient Monument
In May 1771 the Earl of Sandwich and other Commissioners of the Admiralty Board visited Chatham and were shown how ships built with improperly seasoned timber had rotted away. Shortly . . . — — Map (db m118484) HM
Victualling Inshore Craft (VIC) 56
Small wartime naval stores and munitions steamship
Supplying the Royal Navy, which had over nine thousand ships during the Second World War, was a huge challenge. By 1945, most were at anchor or moored to . . . — — Map (db m118414) HM
Bamburgh Castle Coastguard Station
In 1771 The Crewe Trustees published an:
“Account of the Signals made use of at Bamburgh Castle in the County of Northumberland in case Ships or Vessels are perceived in Distress, and of the charitable . . . — — Map (db m125937) HM
Water power from the Thames
Although the Romans introduced watermills to Britain they mainly relied on slave labour to grind grain by hand. As a result mills did not become numerous until
Saxon times. By the time of Domesday there were more-than . . . — — Map (db m124419) HM
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, was detained on HMS Bellerophon in Plymouth Sound from 26 July to 4 August 1815. Large crowds came to catch a glimpse of him.
These two blocks of granite are from Dartmoor Prison, where thousands of . . . — — Map (db m123834) HM
Francis Drake sailed from Plymouth on December 13, 1577, to begin the “Famous Voyage” during which he traversed the Strait of Magellan and discovered Drake Passage south of Cape Horn. Drake then sailed the Golden Hind north and in June . . . — — Map (db m123777) HM
Napoleon Bonaparte in Plymouth Sound July 14 to 4 August 1815
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, surrendered to the Royal Navy soon after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Whilst the British authorities were deciding his fate, Napoleon was . . . — — Map (db m123835) HM
He Blew With His Wind And They Were Scattered
This Foundation Stone
Of a National Memorial Was Laid in the Presence of Naval, Military and Civic Representatives, by the Right Worshipful the Mayor of this Borough, Alderman H.J. Waring, Esquire, . . . — — Map (db m123785) HM
HM Queen Elizabeth
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
embarked from this quay on the occcasion
of Their visit to the City of Plymouth on
26th July 1962 — — Map (db m123895) HM
( top plaque )
This tablet is erected to the Memory of John Smeaton F.R.S. the distinguished civil engineer who was born in 1724 and died in 1792 at Austhorpe Lodge Leeds in the County of York He designed this lighthouse and erected it on . . . — — Map (db m123783) HM
This tablet was erected in 1959 by the people of Bermuda to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the wreck on a Bermuda reef of Sea Venture; Captain Christopher Newport, flagship of Admiral Sir George Somers whose fleet sailed from Plymouth Sound . . . — — Map (db m123902) HM
Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory is the world’s oldest commissioned warship and famous for playing a crucial role at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, a naval battle which contributed to the defeat of Napoleon in 1815.
The ship is currently . . . — — Map (db m122726) HM
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