From DEPTFORD Dockyard to THAMESMEAD CLOCK Tower history, known locally as NELSONS Clock... скачать в хорошем качестве

From DEPTFORD Dockyard to THAMESMEAD CLOCK Tower history, known locally as NELSONS Clock...

Full description at end of video. The dockyard represents a history of skill, endeavor, and creativity by the people who worked there. Deptford was associated with a large number of famous ships and people. Elizabeth I knighted Francis Drake at the dockyard in 1581 after his circumnavigation of the globe aboard the Golden Hind and his ship was kept there as an attraction for over 70 years. In the dockyard at Deptford, ships were being built which were to be used to defend England against the Spanish Armada in 1588 Several of the ships used by James Cook on his voyages of exploration were refitted at the dockyard, Captain James Cook’s ship Endeavour, a Whitby collier, was brought to Deptford in 1768 to be fitted out for his first Pacific voyage from 1768-1770. HMS Discovery and HMS Resolution’, in which Captain Cook made the third and last voyage, were also fitted out at Deptford, before their departure as were ships used by George Vancouver on his expedition between 1791 and 1795. Warships built at the yard include HMS Neptune and HMS Colossus, which fought under Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, and HMS Swiftsure, which was captured in 1801 and fought for the French at the battle. The yard at Deptford gradually fell into disuse after the Battle of Trafalgar. Shipbuilding was temporarily abandoned in 1830 and the yard was given over to breaking up old wooden sailing ships which were beginning to be replaced by iron-clad vessels. Between 1844 and 1869 the yard was reopened for building steamships. The last vessel to be launched from the yard was called the ‘Druid’. The launch was on 13 March 1869, before it closed that same year because it was no longer possible to build the new iron ships in the small dockyard The dockyard closed in 1869 and the Corporation of London acquired the site to use as London’s Foreign Cattle Market. The clock and cupola originally from the Great Storehouse, which was demolished in 1981, now stands in Thamesmead. It was removed and stored onsite in 1981 and remained there until 1983. Later, it was transported to the Woolwich Arsenal and stored in Wellington Avenue from 1983 to 1985. In September 1985, the clock was taken to Ranger's House on Blackheath for restoration. The supporting column for the clock tower was the very last structure built by the GLC, just a few weeks before the abolition of the GLC in April 1986. The clock was installed on the new tower in Thamesmead in 1986. Please click this link to subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@royal-arsena... for more videos like this. For family research, rare footage, rare photos and documents can be found here: This material is used on a non-commercial basis for educational purposes only, specifically for teaching and bringing discussion about local history. It is featured on Royal-Arsenal-history.com, a website that is primarily information-led, research-oriented, and not behind a paywall. The material is also shared on social media accounts, such as the Facebook page at   / royalarsenalhistory  , with the intention of promoting discussion and interest in local history. www.facebook.com/groups/royal.arsenal.history (2000+ members can help you) www.royal-arsenal-history.com www.instagram.com/rahistory_com www.twitter.com/rahistory_com www.facebook.com/RoyalArsenalHistory