Naval Dockyards Soc @navdocksoc
International organisation concerned with all aspects of dockyards, naval bases and the civil side of naval history and heritage. Tweets by @drstevengray navaldockyards.org United Kingdom Joined August 2011-
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Spaces are still available at our exciting annual conference at Greenwich on March 30. We have three overseas and three UK speakers talking about Canadian, American and West Indies... …ldockyardssociety.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/confer…
Bookings are still open for our exciting annual conference at Greenwich on March 30,focusing on dockyards and naval bases in North America and the Caribbean. Network with other dockyard... …ldockyardssociety.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/confer…
A naval history conference at Scapa Flow Orkney next month looks most interesting, for more details, see. concerned not just with the scuttling of the German fleet but other aspects of that period. shop.scapaflow1919.com
The ‘bones’ of HMS Namur at Chatham Historic Dockyard,built at Chatham in 1756 and broken up there in 1834,some of her timbers were then recycled and used in a Dockyard building. Rediscovered in the 1990’s and... facebook.com/10085827998422…
More details are now available on our exciting Antigua trip May 2019. …ldockyardssociety.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/nds-to… …ldockyardssociety.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/nds-to…
Naval dockyards are sometimes used for laying up redundant ships and there were 32 there when I was lucky to visit the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on June 23 2004. The big 8 inch guns belong to the heavy... facebook.com/NavalDockyards…
Very good news from the successful Historic Dockyard Museum in Stanley Falklands - they will be displaying in their new extension sections of the Charles Cooper, a 850 ton packet ship, condemned at Stanley... facebook.com/NavalDockyards…
A fascinating conference at Pembroke Dock on November 3/4,commemorating the Welsh experience of the Great War at Sea, for more details,see this link... rcahmw.gov.uk/u-boat-project…
The excellent 'Salute to the 40's' is on at Chatham Historic Dockyard this weekend September 15 and 16. For more information thedockyard.co.uk/salute to the 40's; thedockyard.co.uk/salute
We have an exciting, reasonably priced and exclusive event at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River on Saturday September 22. This will include a walking tour of Bucklers Hard led... …ldockyardssociety.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/buckle…
We are looking for speakers for our popular and respected annual conference to be held at Greenwich on March 30 2019. This is on dockyards and naval bases in North America,... …ldockyardssociety.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/north-…
Our secretary Paul Brown is speaking on Radio Solent at 820am tomorrow (Monday 23rd) about his excellent new book on Portsmouth Dockyard! Listen in !!
Saddened to see Steve Bush was stepping down as editor of Warship World magazine after eighteen great years. Steve signed off with a typical excellent editorial hitting at cuts to the Navy and questioning... facebook.com/NavalDockyards…
THIS WEEK IN 1982: Portsmouth gets ready for Falklands war portsmouth.co.uk/heritage/this-…
Plymouth to get £5m new naval museum royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-lates…
The latest Naval Dockyard Weekly! paper.li/navdocksoc/137…
I was very glad and privileged yesterday to attend a preview of the new Steam Steel and Submarines gallery at Chatham Historic Dockyard. It opens to the public today,if you visit post your views here!. (The... facebook.com/NavalDockyards…
Remains of a Revolution - interesting Chatham talk April 11th facebook.com/note.php?note_…

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