HM Dockyard, Sheerness | |
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Part of Nore Command | |
Sheerness, Kent | |
Site information | |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Controlled by | The Navy Board (until 1832); the Admiralty (after 1832). |
Condition | Part-preserved |
Site history | |
In use | 1665-1960 |
Fate | Now in use as a commercial port |
Events | Raid on the Medway, 1667 |
Sheerness Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the Sheerness peninsula, at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent. It was opened in the 1660s and closed in 1960.