Featured Dockyard

This new section of the website will include photographs of yards in Britain and other countries, along with historical notes and descriptions of their current status. Anyone who has visited a yard or naval base, especially those 'off the beaten track', and is willing to contribute photographs of it to this site, should contact the Chairman or Secretary.

The first yard to be featured is Pembroke Dock, where the last remaining naval presence ceased with the disbanding of the RMAS in March 2008. The photographs were taken during a visit to the yard in May of the same year; a report on this visit, complementing this photo feature, appears in the June 2008 edition of the society's newsletter, Dockyards.

The second yard featured in this section is the Dutch naval base at Den Helder, concentrating particularly on the historic area of Willemsoord. The photographs were taken by David Davies in January 2008.

The third yard covered here is Chatham. The photos were taken on the 'behind the scenes' tour for NDS members in June 2010, so they show parts of the dockyard not generally open to the public.