Topographical model of Chatham Dockyard, 1772-1774

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Topographical model of Chatham Dockyard, 1772-1774 Long Caption: In 1771 Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, ordered models to be made of the Royal Dockyards at Deptford, Woolwich, Sheerness, Chatham and Portsmouth. These models show the houses, offices, workshops, stores, dry-docks, and building slips of the yards where the repair and launching of ships took place. HMS ‘Victory’ was first floated out from the Old Single Dock at Chatham in 1765. Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK Object: SLR2151 Artist: William Phillips; John Monk Date: 1772-1774 Medium: wood; paper; coal; brass; iron; paint; varnish Size: 1079 mm x 2737 mm x 836 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.