Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Construction began in 1909. The town was planned as a garden city with accommodation for the construction workers and dockyard workers.
The naval base closed in 1995
1997 The dockyard became the first British naval dockyard to be privatised.
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