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Chatham Historic Dockyard

The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in , . Chatham Dockyard covered 400 acres, comprising the 18th-century core of the site, was transferred to a charity called the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and is now open as a visitor attraction.
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  • Email: info@chdt.org.uk
  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England
  • Also known as: “The Historic Dockyard Chatham”
  • Address: Chatham, ME4 4TZ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMS Cavalier and HMS Ocelot.

Photo: Swpmre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a retired C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at on 28 March 1943, launched on 7 April 1944, and commissioned on 22 November 1944. is situated 390 feet west of Chatham Historic Dockyard.

Photo: Mark.murphy, Public domain.
is an Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine which was operated by the Royal Navy. is situated 430 feet northwest of Chatham Historic Dockyard.

Photo: Paul Englefield, CC BY 2.0.
is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then loaned as a training ship for boys in the Hamble from 1913. is situated 470 feet northwest of Chatham Historic Dockyard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brompton and Chatham.

Village
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburban village situated between the town centres of and , lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in , , . Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic maritime town in the county of Kent, on the River Medway. Steeped in naval heritage, it offers a mix of cultural, outdoor, and family-friendly activities.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on the River Medway in the north of the county of . Together with its neighbouring towns of and it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

Chatham Historic Dockyard

Latitude
51.39497° or 51° 23′ 42″ north
Longitude
0.52829° or 0° 31′ 42″ east
Open location code
9F329GVH+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16129752
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5087663
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Chatham Historic Dockyard” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Drassana Històrica de Chatham”
  • Chinese: “查塔姆歷史造船廠”
  • Hebrew: “המספנה ההיסטורית בצ’טם”
  • Japanese: “チャタム・ドックヤード”
  • Japanese: “チャタム・ヒストリック・ドックヤード”
  • Japanese: “チャタム・ヒストリック・ドッグヤード”
  • Slovenian: “Chatham Historic Dockyard”
  • Spanish: “Astillero histórico de Chatham”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chatham Historic Dockyard”. Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY 2.5.