Chatham Dockyard
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:00 pm
This ex naval workshop and fitting out dockyard was all but gone when I visited it and it seemed such a shame that this barracks / workshops / rope works was not left as a preserved item rather than the piecemeal exhibit it now is .
Don't get me wrong it has plenty still to see but the massive ship conversion site is but a shadow of its former self , and I would love to have seen it in a more complete state than it now is .
I have viewed small sections of its former self and heard many tales of what it was like in a former life , but the fragmented nature of it detracts from its former glory as I understand it .
If anyone out there with a kindly disposition has any photos of what was once a thriving naval depot I would dearly love to see them PLEASE.
Its the sections betwixt the [spar pool ? ] and the rope works I refer to and the now silted up quayside .
Yes I know it has lots to offer , as my previous 2 visits have confirmed to me but that is a mere shadow of its former self .
Don't get me wrong it has plenty still to see but the massive ship conversion site is but a shadow of its former self , and I would love to have seen it in a more complete state than it now is .
I have viewed small sections of its former self and heard many tales of what it was like in a former life , but the fragmented nature of it detracts from its former glory as I understand it .
If anyone out there with a kindly disposition has any photos of what was once a thriving naval depot I would dearly love to see them PLEASE.
Its the sections betwixt the [spar pool ? ] and the rope works I refer to and the now silted up quayside .
Yes I know it has lots to offer , as my previous 2 visits have confirmed to me but that is a mere shadow of its former self .
but any more news on the INVINCIBLE, David please let us know , would be great to here how they are getting on with the Wreck Dive .... 