Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible. In this case the letters written to the journal gives us more information about the dock yards including the manners to protect ships against weather conditions by using for instance (temporary) housings.
P. 116: “Sheerness. 21st Dec. 1836. Mr. editor. The storm of the 20th ultimo, the terrific effects of which have been so severely felt through the kingdom, was no less in its ravages at this port: scarcely a building in these towns but was more or less injured, and it was the lot of a number to be unroofed, or have their roofs broken in by the falling of the chimneys. In the dockyard, from its exposed situation, the effects of the storm were felt the most; in its fury it hurled the tops of the timber sheds to the distance of 200 yards, and whirled large masses about in the air in the most capricious manner. The large roof over the basin-dock was completely shook to its base ; and though every effort was made to secure the top, large masses from thirty to forty feet square, with the boarding and rafters, were blown to a considerable distance, and fell on different parts with a most violent crash : in short, there was not a building but what was more or less injured.”
Source
The United Service Magazine, volume 1850, no. 3, 1837.
P. 116: “Sheerness. 21st Dec. 1836. Mr. editor. The storm of the 20th ultimo, the terrific effects of which have been so severely felt through the kingdom, was no less in its ravages at this port: scarcely a building in these towns but was more or less injured, and it was the lot of a number to be unroofed, or have their roofs broken in by the falling of the chimneys. In the dockyard, from its exposed situation, the effects of the storm were felt the most; in its fury it hurled the tops of the timber sheds to the distance of 200 yards, and whirled large masses about in the air in the most capricious manner. The large roof over the basin-dock was completely shook to its base ; and though every effort was made to secure the top, large masses from thirty to forty feet square, with the boarding and rafters, were blown to a considerable distance, and fell on different parts with a most violent crash : in short, there was not a building but what was more or less injured.”
Source
The United Service Magazine, volume 1850, no. 3, 1837.
