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.
P. 5: “Deptford was of little importance until Henry VIII, for the better preservation of his Navy, established a Dockyard here; and in 1519 incorporated the Society of the Trinity House, confirming to them the ancient privileges of the Mariners of England, together with their possessions in this locality. Though smaller than most of the other dockyards, it is the grand repository of the various manufactured stores for the fleet, from which they are shipped to the home-yards, out-ports, and Foreign Stations, to the amount sometimes of more than 30,000 tons annually. It encloses an area of 31A, has a double wet dock of 2A, and a single dock of 1½A, three slips for building second and third rate ships, a basin, and two mast ponds. There are workshops of all descriptions requisite for fitting out ships of war, a large smithy for making anchors, &c. Its Victualling-yard supplies all the national establishments abroad with provisions, clothing, and medicines. All transport and convict ships are fitted out in it, under the inspection of a Resident Agent. The presiding Officers have residences connected with the establishment. All the affairs of the yard and its appendages are under the control of the Admiralty,
p. 6: the immediate supervision of a Captain Superintendent. The number of labourers employed in the victualling yard is often very great, and though the general rate of wages in the neighbourhood exceeds the dockyard pay, the work being permanent, occasions the readiness of the people to seek it. There are thousands of applicants for it - mostly Irish - who are found outside the dockyard gates. In 1853, the Parliamentary rote for this yard was £ 69,990.”
Source
Dockyard Politics and Patronage: a collection of memoranda to assist future enquiries. London, 1854.
P. 5: “Deptford was of little importance until Henry VIII, for the better preservation of his Navy, established a Dockyard here; and in 1519 incorporated the Society of the Trinity House, confirming to them the ancient privileges of the Mariners of England, together with their possessions in this locality. Though smaller than most of the other dockyards, it is the grand repository of the various manufactured stores for the fleet, from which they are shipped to the home-yards, out-ports, and Foreign Stations, to the amount sometimes of more than 30,000 tons annually. It encloses an area of 31A, has a double wet dock of 2A, and a single dock of 1½A, three slips for building second and third rate ships, a basin, and two mast ponds. There are workshops of all descriptions requisite for fitting out ships of war, a large smithy for making anchors, &c. Its Victualling-yard supplies all the national establishments abroad with provisions, clothing, and medicines. All transport and convict ships are fitted out in it, under the inspection of a Resident Agent. The presiding Officers have residences connected with the establishment. All the affairs of the yard and its appendages are under the control of the Admiralty,
p. 6: the immediate supervision of a Captain Superintendent. The number of labourers employed in the victualling yard is often very great, and though the general rate of wages in the neighbourhood exceeds the dockyard pay, the work being permanent, occasions the readiness of the people to seek it. There are thousands of applicants for it - mostly Irish - who are found outside the dockyard gates. In 1853, the Parliamentary rote for this yard was £ 69,990.”
Source
Dockyard Politics and Patronage: a collection of memoranda to assist future enquiries. London, 1854.
