Our River cruise on the Medway took us past Chatham Historic Dockyard
Reminders of Chatham’s military history now blend into the environment
Old Dockyard sheds
HMS Cavalier, a destroyer launched in 1944 which served for 28 years in the Atlantic, Pacific and Baltic oceans.
The tower of HMS Ocelot, a submarine, shows over the dock wall. It was the last naval ship built in the Dockyard at Chatham. Launched 1962.
HMS Gannet, a sloop, built at nearby Sheerness in 1878. Used as a patrol and communications boat.
The Submarine sheds. Now used as repair shops for ferry boats.
Dockyard cranes
