Why Did Chatham Dockyard Close?
Speaking to the Bbc This Month, Sir John Nott - Who Was Knighted in 1983 - Said Announcing the Closure Had Been a Very Hard Decision. "Chatham Dockyard Was...
Speaking to the BBC this month, Sir John Nott - who was knighted in 1983 - said announcing the closure had been a very hard decision. "Chatham Dockyard was very vulnerable in military terms to an air strike, to the mining of the access to the dockyard, the tides and a threat from submarine presence in the North Sea.
What year did Chatham Dockyard close?
Closure of Chatham Dockyard 1984. The naval dockyard was operational up until 1984. Its closure was announced on 25th June 1981 in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Defence – Mr John Nott.
Is Chatham Dockyard closing?
In 2019 Peel announced that Chatham Docks would close in 2025 with the loss of 800 jobs.
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