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Chatham Historic Dockyard: RNLI Historic Lifeboat Collection

  The RNLI houses its collection of Lifeboats within one of the sheds at Chatham Dockyard. The collection contains an … More

Chatham Historic Dockyard, Lifeboats, Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Chatham Historic Dockyard: Tour (part 3)

The Dockyard had an extensive railway network                

Chatham dockyard

Chatham Historic Dockyard: Tour (part 2)

XE8 Midget Submarine Expunger built in 1944 for operations in the far east. It was sunk as an underwater target … More

Chatham dockyard

Chatham Historic Dockyard: Tour (part 1)

 

Chatham dockyard

Chatham Historic Dockyard

Keith and I made a visit recently to the Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent. It is not exactly known when … More

Chatham Historic Dockyard

Ships of the Medway

John H Amos A steam paddle tug built on the Clyde for the Tees Conservancy. Its main function was towing … More

John H Amos, Medway Queen, SS Richard Montgomery

Norweigan class 21C 376

  Named Norweigan, this locomotive arrived at KESR from Oslo in 1971. It was built in Trollhattan in 1919 and … More

Kent and East Sussex railway

Naturelog: 18th August

  A bright sunny morning found Keith and me at the RSPB Cliffe Pools reserve in North Kent. August can be … More

Common Blue Butterfly, Common Darter, Holly Blue, Migrant Hawker, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Red Underwing, RSPB CLiffe, Willow Emerald

Kent and East Sussex Railway

Some pictures from a recent visit to the Kent and East Sussex Railway. The Railway line from Robertsbridge to Tenterden … More

Kent and East Sussex railway

All aboard for Southend

On Wednesday Keith and I travelled aboard the Jacob Marley from Rochester Pier up the River Medway and across the River Thames … More

Rochester, Southend

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