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| Admiralty Approved | 9th Sep, 1953 | |
| Symbology | Chatham Dockyard, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional defences. | |
| Design Notes | A sword fesswise to dexter summounted by a gold trident pale wise on a red cross on a white field. | |
Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional defences.
For 414 years Chatham Royal Dockyard provided over 500 ships for the Royal Navy, and was at the forefront of shipbuilding, industrial and architectural technology. At its height, it employed over 10,000 skilled artisans and covered 400 acres.
Chatham dockyard closed in 1984, and 84 acres of the Georgian dockyard is now managed as a visitor attraction by the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust.
O 23 (Dutch) |
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| Class: | 1940 - 1946: The 9th Foltilla |
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| Build Group: | Dutch O21 |
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Fate: Decommissioned on 1 December 1948. Sold to be broken up for scrap in April 1949. |
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Originally published in 1987. In this book we find songs reflecting every aspect of life in the twentieth-century Royal Navy, both upper and lower deck: war, ship's routine, aviation, submarines, the antics of dockyard personnel, not to mention the matelot's shore-going adventures, both amorous and bibulous.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 9th Sep, 1953 | |
| Symbology | Chatham Dockyard, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional defences. | |
| Design Notes | A sword fesswise to dexter summounted by a gold trident pale wise on a red cross on a white field. | |
O 23 (Dutch) |
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| Class: | 1940 - 1946: The 9th Foltilla |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | Dutch O21 |
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Fate: Decommissioned on 1 December 1948. Sold to be broken up for scrap in April 1949. |
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Originally published in 1987. In this book we find songs reflecting every aspect of life in the twentieth-century Royal Navy, both upper and lower deck: war, ship's routine, aviation, submarines, the antics of dockyard personnel, not to mention the matelot's shore-going adventures, both amorous and bibulous.
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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