A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Chatham in the County of Kent, on the River Medway

The Royal Dockyard at Chatham on the River Medway was at the heart of British sea power. Ships were built, repaired, equipped, stored and manned from here, for service in any part of the world. Chatham and the other naval dockyards at Deptford, Woolwich, Portsmouth and Plymouth were the greatest industrial complexes of the period. This print shows a perspective view of the dockyard made to be viewed with a zoagrascope or perspective box. No. 3.

Object Details

ID: PAD1035
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bowles, Carington; the Younger, John Cleveley,
Places: Chatham
Date made: 1 Jan 1772
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 277 mm x 411 mm