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Latitude: 50.3851 / 50°23'6"N
Longitude: -4.1843 / 4°11'3"W
OS Eastings: 244808
OS Northings: 56192
OS Grid: SX448561
Mapcode National: GBR R3D.ZJ
Mapcode Global: FRA 2830.ZM2
Plus Code: 9C2Q9RP8+27
Entry Name: Number 8 Dock
Listing Date: 13 August 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378573
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476523
ID on this website: 101378573
Location: Keyham, Plymouth, Devon, PL2
County: City of Plymouth
Electoral Ward/Division: Devonport
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Plymouth
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Plymouth St Peter and the Holy Apostles
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Building
SX 4456 SE PLYMOUTH NORTH YARD, Devonport
Dockyard
740-1/90/197
No.8 Dock
GV II
Dry dock. Begun 1896; extended twice prior to 1914. Built of Cornish granite, supplemented by supplies from Norway. Over 700 feet long and of traditional form with altars stepped inwards, flights of steps and arched entries.
HISTORY: built as part of the Key ham extension to the Devonport Dockyards, begun in 1896 and prompted by the need for more docking and berthing facilities. Devonport was thought to be the first port of call in wartime; by 1914 it had become the largest naval base in Western Europe. Five Dreadnoughts, in addition to other battleships and cruisers forming part of Admiral Fisher's expansion of the fleet, were constructed here prior to 1914. Included, with its related Pumping Station (qv), as an example of the largest shipbuilding docks in a naval yard, representative of a period in which naval construction was of prime national strategic significance, and international consequence.
Listing NGR: SX4480856192
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