Rosyth Dockyard
Rosyth Dockyard is a large naval dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, owned by Babcock Marine, which formerly undertook refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dockyard
- Description: naval dockyard
- Historically known as: “Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forth Road Bridge and Rosyth railway station.
Forth Road Bridge
Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. Forth Road Bridge is situated 2½ miles southeast of Rosyth Dockyard.
Rosyth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Simon Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosyth railway station serves the town of Rosyth in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Fife Circle Line, 14.7 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley. Rosyth railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rosyth Dockyard.
Queensferry Crossing
Bridge
Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge. It carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry. Queensferry Crossing is situated 2 miles southeast of Rosyth Dockyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosyth and Limekilns.
Rosyth
Rosyth is a port in Fife in central Scotland. It was built from 1909 as housing for the workers at the Royal Navy dockyard so it's modern and industrial, with a population in 2016 of 13,780.
Limekilns
Village
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Limekilns is a historic coastal village in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the shore of the Firth of Forth, around 3 miles south of Dunfermline and 13 miles northwest of Edinburgh. Limekilns is situated 1½ miles west of Rosyth Dockyard.
Jamestown
Hamlet
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Jamestown is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland, on the south side of Inverkeithing's Inner Bay. The nearby Jamestown Viaduct carries the Fife Circle Line over the hamlet, and the M90 passes by to the west. Jamestown is situated 1½ miles east of Rosyth Dockyard.
Rosyth Dockyard
- Categories: shipyard, Royal Navy Dockyard, and transportation
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Rosyth Dockyard” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “罗塞斯船厂”
- Chinese: “罗塞斯船坞”
- Chinese: “罗斯西造船厂”
- Chinese: “羅塞斯船塢”
- Chinese: “羅塞斯船廠”
- Chinese: “羅塞斯造船廠（Rosyth Dockyard）”
- French: “chantier naval de Rosyth”
- French: “Chantier naval de Rosyth”
- Japanese: “ロサイス造船所”
- Japanese: “ロシス造船所”
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