Woolwich Dockyard.

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18 May 1802 it is reported that all the Dockyards are to be reduced to the Peace Establishment, following the signing of the Treaty of the Peace of Amiens.

8 Jun 1802 following the recent incendiary attack, which caused such a dreadful fire here at Woolwich Warren, and so much damage, the Admiralty has ordered that in future only visitors on business were to be admitted to HM Dockyards in future, the same ruling also being applicable to premises occupied by the Victualling Board / Office &c. Similarly ship's boats were only to use the appropriate steps in the future.

30 Dec 1802 the Navy Board has ordered that two thirds of the pay for apprentices entered into the Dockyard will now be paid to the Master, instead of the whole sum, and the remaining one third will now be paid to the parents or guardians of the apprentice, to be spent on food and maintenance &c.

13 Jan 1803 an order has been received not to break up any more ships of the line.

11 Feb 1803 the greatest attention is paid, it appears, to the orders for fulfilling the contracts for naval stores at the different Dockyards, agreeably to some late regulations, as they are constantly receiving supplies to complete the establishment laid down, by which means we shall at all times be ready to equip our fleet in cases of unexpected necessity.

Circa 17 Sep 1803 Dr. Stephenson, late one of Surgeons at Haslar Hospital, is apptd surgeon of Woolwich dockyard, vice Murray deceased.

Circa 14 Jul 1804 it has been announced that a large commodious place is to be be built in the Woolwich dockyard to manufacture cables, and all kinds of ropes, for the use of the King's ships.

Circa Jan 1831 the improvements and new works carrying on in Woolwich Dock-yard, under the superintendence of Mr. Stansfield, the Engineer, are proceeding rapidly, and will be completed during the present year.

9 Jun 1832 it has been announced that two of Morton's Railway Slips, for hauling vessel up with their masts standing, are order to be fitted at Woolwich dockyard.

9 Apr 1841 Woolwich, Mr. Robert Dunn, surgeon of HM Dockyard, Woolwich, for nearly 30 years, died this morning.

6 May 1841 Mr. Peter Suther, surgeon of the William and Mary yacht has been appointed surgeon of Woolwich Dockyard, vice Dunn, (dec'd).

10 Sep 1841 Mr. W. Hutton and Mr. Frederick Dutton are appointed clerks in the Woolwich dockyard, and Mr. James Fowler is promoted to an Inspector of Shipwrights, vice Freeman superannuated.

17 Dec 1841 Captain Phipps Hornby, C.B., Superintendent of HM Dockyard, Woolwich, has been appointed Surveyor-General of the Coast-Guard, vice Bowles, promoted to be a flag officer.

25 Dec 1841 Captain Sir F. Collier, C.B., appointed to the command of the William and Mary, and the superintendence of Woolwich Dockyard.

3 Jan 1842, Yesterday the master shipwrights, Mr. Oliver Lang, of Woolwich Dockyard ; Mr. John Fincham, of Chatham Dockyard ; Mr. James Atkins, of Sheerness Dockyard ; Mr. Richard Blake, of Portsmouth Dockyard ; Mr. Thomas F. Hawkes, of Plymouth Dockyard ; and Mr. Roberts, late of Devonport Dockyard, assembled at Woolwich Dockyard to decide upon the plans which it would be most desirable to adhere to in future as a fixed principle for building vessels for Her Majesty's Navy.
This resolution on the part of the Admiralty will prevent all chances of difference of opinion on such matters, and prevent the possibility of the work of one Mast Shipwright being altered or condemned when the vessel is sent to any other dockyard than the one where she was constructed, for repair, which has sometimes been the case on former occasions.

19 Nov 1842 Thomas Lloyd, Assistant to the Chief Engineer at Woolwich Dockyard has been appointed as Chief Engineer in place of Mr. Peter Ewart, recently deceased, as the result of an accident in the Dockyard following the breaking of a chain when fitting a boiler on a steam vessel in the basin in the Dockyard.

11 Oct 1861 Increase of the Salary of Master Attendant of Woolwich Dock Yard to �600.

20 Feb 1871 a part of the Woolwich Dockyard transferred to the War Department, for use by the Royal Arsenal.