Sentence examples for naval dockyard from inspiring English sources

His Portsmouth seat includes a naval dockyard.

It has perhaps the finest 18th-century naval dockyard in Britain, containing unique buildings and vessels.

All told us more than this piece, which, given its naval dockyard setting, might be more accurately titled Rompy Pompey.

During the 1930s economic depression, the family moved to Portsmouth, where Jim joined the naval dockyard as an apprentice.

The diesel-powered armed submarine caught on fire early Wednesday and sank in the naval dockyard in Mumbai.

The town of Woolwich rose to prominence in the Tudor period with the establishment of a naval dockyard.

From the 15th century until 1984 Chatham had one of Britain's major naval dockyards.

Many industries depend on the port, notably the shipyards and the government naval dockyards (where nuclear submarines are built).

In 1981, around 15,000 people had been employed at the local naval dockyards; by 1997, that figure was down to around 4,000, where it has remained ever since.

Images on Indian television showed a ball of fire above the submarine at  the naval dockyards in the south of Mumbai.

Under the Tudors, in the 16th century, when defense of Britain's shores became a preoccupation, coastal forts were built (e.g., at Deal), and naval dockyards were established at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham and Sheerness.