Steam Hammer 1955 - R G Ross and Son, Glasgow

Covered slipways

RNLI Lifeboat in Museum

Another type of Lifeboat in the Museum

No 3 Covered slipway roof (1838) from the Mezzanine floor

WD 42 "Overlord" D-Day Locomotive - 0-4-0 Diesel - Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., Kilmarnock and a R & W Hawthorn, Leslie Steam shunter 1912

General view of the dockyard

Large Cannon - 9 pounder probably

Rope Gallery - nearly a quarter of a mile long

Is Dr Who visiting?

Steam Tramway Geared Locomotive "SYDENHAM" 2-2-0TG, [AP3567] built by Aveling & Porter in 1895.

1936 Peckett saddle tank running around the docks

Maidstone & District Leyland Atlantean with Metro-Cammell bodywork

Maidstone & District Leyland Leopard with Marshall body

Image from footplate of steam loco. P1903/1935 Peckett.

IDHTS member John Goddard on the footplate of the P1903/1936 Peckett

Westland Dragonfly WG 751. Chatham Dockyard

Westland Dragonfly WG 751. Chatham Dockyard

Westland Dragonfly WG 751 information. Chatham Dockyard

P1903/1936 Peckett

Ajax Locomotive by R. & W.Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.Ltd, RSH 7042/1941.

HMS Gannet - built on the Medway in 1878.  Served in the Pacific, Mediterranean and Red Sea seeing action defending the port of Svakin in 1886.  Became a training ship in 1913 until 1968.

HMS Ocelot - the last warship built for the RN at Chatham in 1962.  A very successful submarine of the “Cold War”.  Served until 1982.

The Ropery

Admiral’s House

HMS Cavalier - built in 1944, awarded the battle honour “ARTIC 1945” for operations off Northern Norway.  Served until 1972. Berthed on the site where HMS Victory was built