Harbours & Ports

Dockers Stories from the Second World War is a collection of several true stories, drawn from Henry Bradfords time as a Registered Docker in the Po...

Founded in 1570, Chatham Dockyard quickly became one of the most important naval yards for the repair and building of warships, maintaining a pre-e...

From the first proposal that Cork Harbour was more suitable as a naval base than Kinsale, development began which would continue for almost 200 yea...

Waterford harbour has centuries of tradition based on its extensive fishery and maritime trade. Steeped in history, customs and an enviable spirit,...

London has always been a bustling place of trade; once the docks teemed with men, ships and goods from all over the world. Now all has been transfo...

From muddy creek to naval-industrial powerhouse; from constructing wooden walls to building Dreadnoughts; from maintaining King Johns galleys to se...

Do you remember the docks? In its heyday, the Port of London was the biggest in the world. It was a sprawling network of quays, wharves, canals and...

The history of the Clyde and the great ships that were built there is well known. Less familiar and equally important, however, is the story of how...