Pembroke Dockyard

Former Royal Navy Dockyard in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Pembroke Dockyard

Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

The former Dockyard viewed from the Defensible Barracks

Coordinates| 51°41′43″N 4°57′17″W﻿ / ﻿51.6952°N 4.9548°W﻿ / 51.6952; -4.9548
Type| Dockyard
Site history
Built| 1814 (1814)
Fate| Closed 1926

Pembroke Dockyard, originally called Pater Yard, is a former Royal Navy Dockyard in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

## History

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See also: Pembroke Dock § Naval dockyards

It was founded in 1814, although not formally authorized until the Prince Regent signed the necessary Order in Council on 31 October 1815, and was known as Pater Yard until 1817. The Mayor of Pembroke had requested the change "in deference to the town of Pembroke some two miles (3.2 km) distant".[1]

The site selected for the dockyard was greenfield land and the closest accommodations were in Pembroke. Office space was provided by the old frigate Lapwing after she was beached. The Royal Marine garrison was housed in the hulked 74-gun ship, HMS Dragon, after she was run aground in 1832. Many of the workmen commuted by boat from nearby communities until Pembroke Dock town was built up.[2] In 1860 the dockyard's policing was transferred to the new No. 4 Division of the Metropolitan Police, which remained in that role until the 1920s.[3]

After the end of the First World War, the dockyard was closed by the cash-strapped Admiralty as redundant in 1926. The Royal Air Force, however, built RAF Pembroke Dock on the site during the 1930s to house its flying boats, demolishing many of the existing buildings to make room for the necessary hangars and other facilities.[4]

## Administration of the dockyard

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The admiral-superintendent[5] was the Royal Navy officer in command of a larger Naval Dockyard. Portsmouth, Devonport and Chatham all had admiral-superintendents, as did some other dockyards in the United Kingdom and abroad at certain times. The admiral-superintendent usually held the rank of rear-admiral. His deputy was the captain of the dockyard (or captain of the port from 1969).

Some smaller dockyards, such as Sheerness and Pembroke,[6] had a captain-superintendent [7] instead, whose deputy was styled commander of the dockyard. The appointment of a commodore-superintendent [8] was also made from time to time in certain yards.

The appointment of admiral-superintendents (or their junior equivalents) dates from 1832 when the Admiralty took charge of the Royal Dockyards. Prior to this larger dockyards were overseen by a commissioner who represented the Navy Board.

### Resident Commissioner of the Navy, Pater Yard (1830–1832)

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Included:[9]

* Captain Charles Bullen, July 1830 – 1832

### Captain-Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard (1857–1906)

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Included:[10]

* Captain George Ramsay: July 1857-September 1862
* Captain William Loring: September 1862-March 1866
* Captain Robert Hall: March 1866-March 1871
* Captain William Armytage: February 1871-January 1872
* Captain Richard W. Courtenay: January 1872-March 1875
* Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton: March 1875-October 1877
* Captain George H. Parkin: October 1877-October 1882
* Captain Alfred J. Chatfield: October 1882-January 1886
* Captain Edward Kelly: January 1886-June 1887
* Commodore George Digby Morant: June 1887-January 1889
* Captain Samuel Long: January 1889-August 1891
* Captain Walter Stewart: August 1891-January 1893
* Captain Charles C.Penrose Fitzgerald: January 1893-March 1895
* Captain William H. Hall: March 1895
* Captain Charles J. Balfour: March 1895-October 1896
* Captain Burges Watson: October 1896-October 1899
* Captain Charles J. Barlow: October 1899-October 1902
* Captain Gerald Walter Russell: October 1902-October 1904
* Captain John Denison: October 1904-October 1906

### Rear-Admiral Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard (1906–1915)

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* Rear-Admiral Henry C. Kingsford: October 1906-December 1908
* Rear-Admiral Godfrey H.B. Mundy: December 1908-December 1911
* Rear-Admiral Alfred E.A. Grant: December 1911-September 1915

### Captain-Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard (1915–1926)

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* Captain Frederick D. Gilpin Brown: September 1915-April 1918
* Captain John G. Armstrong: April 1918-February 1920
* Captain David Murray Anderson: February 1920-April 1922
* Captain the Hon. Arthur B. S. Dutton: April 1922-July 1924
* Captain Leonard A. B. Donaldson: July 1924 – 1926

## Listed buildings and Scheduled monuments

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The site contains 107 listed buildings. One, the Paterchurch Tower is listed at Grade I and eighteen are listed at Grade II*, including the Defensible Barracks and the Garrison Chapel. The remainder are Grade II. There are three scheduled monuments, two, the Defensible Barracks and the South West Dockyard Tower which are also listed buildings, and the Bomb stores at West end of Fort Road.[11] The list below details those structures graded I or II*, and the bomb store, the only scheduled monument that is not also listed.

Name  | Location
Grid Ref.[note 1]
Geo-coordinates  | Date Listed| Function | Notes  | Reference Number  | Image

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Paterchurch Tower | Pembroke Dock
SM9576303558
51°41′37″N 4°57′23″W﻿ / ﻿51.693484302558°N 4.956507736873°W﻿ / 51.693484302558; -4.956507736873﻿ (Paterchurch Tower) | 14 July 1981| Tower| This medieval tower stood outside the dockyard walls prior to realignment of the walls in 1844.[12][13] | 14341 |

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No 1, The Terrace  | Pembroke Dock
SM9603803521
51°41′36″N 4°57′09″W﻿ / ﻿51.693252420968°N 4.9525128244509°W﻿ / 51.693252420968; -4.9525128244509﻿ (No 1, The Terrace) | 18 January 1974| House| formerly listed together with the Commodore Club[14] | 6454 |

No 2, The Terrace  | Pembroke Dock
SM9606303504
51°41′35″N 4°57′08″W﻿ / ﻿51.693108890757°N 4.9521416787765°W﻿ / 51.693108890757; -4.9521416787765﻿ (No 2, The Terrace) | 18 January 1974| House|  | 6455 |

No 3, The Terrace  | Pembroke Dock
SM9607403501
51°41′35″N 4°57′07″W﻿ / ﻿51.693085963764°N 4.9519809948437°W﻿ / 51.693085963764; -4.9519809948437﻿ (No 3, The Terrace) | 18 January 1974| |  | 14381 |

Dockyard Gates  | Pembroke Dock
SM9602803524
51°41′36″N 4°57′10″W﻿ / ﻿51.693275711881°N 4.9526590610043°W﻿ / 51.693275711881; -4.9526590610043﻿ (Dockyard Gates) | 18 January 1974| |  | 14377 |

Piers and Lodges on Admiralty Way (formerly listed with Dockyard Wall)  | Pembroke Dock
SM9601403529
51°41′36″N 4°57′10″W﻿ / ﻿51.693315502177°N 4.9528642603192°W﻿ / 51.693315502177; -4.9528642603192﻿ (Piers and Lodges on Admiralty Way (formerly listed with Dockyard Wall)) | 18 January 1974| |  | 14378 |

Port Hotel (formerly listed as the Commodore Club/Captain Superintendent's house)  | Pembroke Dock
SM9599803533
51°41′36″N 4°57′11″W﻿ / ﻿51.693345583501°N 4.9530977715249°W﻿ / 51.693345583501; -4.9530977715249﻿ (Port Hotel (formerly listed as the Commodore Club/Captain Superintendent's house)) | 18 January 1974| |  | 14379 |

Port Hotel Stable Range to South  | Pembroke Dock
SM9599103507
51°41′35″N 4°57′11″W﻿ / ﻿51.693109572209°N 4.9531837007604°W﻿ / 51.693109572209; -4.9531837007604﻿ (Port Hotel Stable Range to South) | 18 January 1974| |  | 14380 |

Garrison Chapel | Pembroke Dock
SM9628003484
51°41′35″N 4°56′56″W﻿ / ﻿51.6930083834°N 4.9489947374375°W﻿ / 51.6930083834; -4.9489947374375﻿ (Garrison Chapel) | 18 January 1974| Museum|  | 6458 |

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Former Guard House  | Pembroke Dock
SM9603603636
51°41′39″N 4°57′09″W﻿ / ﻿51.694284295682°N 4.952608975907°W﻿ / 51.694284295682; -4.952608975907﻿ (Former Guard House) | 18 January 1974| |  | 6436 |

The Old Storehouse  | Pembroke Dock
SM9602503742
51°41′43″N 4°57′10″W﻿ / ﻿51.695232075417°N 4.9528299082564°W﻿ / 51.695232075417; -4.9528299082564﻿ (The Old Storehouse) | 18 January 1974| | Situated to W of Sunderland House, behind ferry terminal.[15] | 6441 |

Defensible Barracks | Pembroke Dock
SM9606703083
51°41′22″N 4°57′07″W﻿ / ﻿51.689330116781°N 4.9518377478342°W﻿ / 51.689330116781; -4.9518377478342﻿ (Defensible Barracks) | 18 January 1974| Barracks|  | 6448 |

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Barracks Platform  | Pembroke Dock
SM9606703083
51°41′22″N 4°57′07″W﻿ / ﻿51.689330116781°N 4.9518377478342°W﻿ / 51.689330116781; -4.9518377478342﻿ (Barracks Platform) | 18 January 1994| |  | 14372 |

South West Martello Tower  | Pembroke Dock
SM9551803606
51°41′38″N 4°57′36″W﻿ / ﻿51.693825784819°N 4.9600756864769°W﻿ / 51.693825784819; -4.9600756864769﻿ (South West Martello Tower) | 18 February 1994| Martello tower| Fort Road (W End)[16] | 14353 |

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North East Martello Tower  | Pembroke Dock
SM9640603835
51°41′46″N 4°56′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.696205961495°N 4.9473791773459°W﻿ / 51.696205961495; -4.9473791773459﻿ (North East Martello Tower) | 18 February 1994| Martello tower| Front Street (N Side)[17] | 14354 |

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Dry-Moat Walls  | Pembroke Dock
SM9606703083
51°41′22″N 4°57′07″W﻿ / ﻿51.689330116781°N 4.9518377478342°W﻿ / 51.689330116781; -4.9518377478342﻿ (Dry-Moat Walls) | 18 January 1974| |  | 14371 |

The Graving Dock including Bollards and Capstans (formerly listed with 13 Building Slips and Carr Jet)  | Pembroke Dock
SM9583903927
51°41′49″N 4°57′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.696825350907°N 4.955625697233°W﻿ / 51.696825350907; -4.955625697233﻿ (The Graving Dock including Bollards and Capstans (formerly listed with 13 Building Slips and Carr Jet)) | 18 January 1974| Graving Dock|  | 14393 |

Zion Free Church, Meyrick Street  | Pembroke Dock
SM9667403435
51°41′34″N 4°56′36″W﻿ / ﻿51.692711760614°N 4.943273567296°W﻿ / 51.692711760614; -4.943273567296﻿ (Zion Free Church, Meyrick Street) | 14 July 1981| Church| Built 1846-8, extended 1866-7 and renovated 1882, 1911 and 1986.[18] | 6415 |

Zion Free Church Forecourt railings, piers and gates, Meyrick Street  | Pembroke Dock
SM9669403432
51°41′34″N 4°56′35″W﻿ / ﻿51.692692092504°N 4.9429828554186°W﻿ / 51.692692092504; -4.9429828554186﻿ (Zion Free Church Forecourt railings, piers and gates, Meyrick Street) | 14 July 1981| |  | 14420 |

Bomb stores at West end of Fort Road  | Pembroke Dock
SM955035
51°41′36″N 4°57′35″W﻿ / ﻿51.6933°N 4.9596°W﻿ / 51.6933; -4.9596﻿ (Bomb stores at West end of Fort Road) | 22 August 2017| Bomb store| Likely dating from 1934-39 when the site was redeveloped as an RAF flying boat station.[19] | PE570 |

## Notes

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1. ^ Phillips, pp. 12–16
2. ^ Phillips, pp. 17–20, 40
3. ^ "British Police History - Royal Marine Police".
4. ^ Phillips, pp. 46–48
5. ^ "Royal Naval dockyard staff". nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives, UK, 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
6. ^ Carradice, Phil (2013). The Ships of Pembroke Dockyard. Stroud, Gloucs.: Amberley.
7. ^ "Royal Naval dockyard staff". nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives, UK, 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
8. ^ Stewart, William (2009). Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 47\. ISBN 9780786438099.
9. ^ Harrison, Simon (2010–2018). "Resident Commissioner at Pater Yard". threedecks.org. S. Harrison. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
10. ^ Mackie, Colin. "Royal Navy Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie, p.116, December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
11. ^ "Listed buildings at Pembroke Dock". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
12. ^ Cadw. "Paterchurch Tower (14341)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
13. ^ "Paterchurch Tower". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
14. ^ Cadw. "No. 1, The Terrace (formerly listed together with the Port Hotel (6454)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
15. ^ Cadw. "The Old Storehouse (6441)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
16. ^ Cadw. "The South West Martello Tower (14353)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
17. ^ Cadw. "North East Martello Tower (14354)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
18. ^ Cadw. "Zion Free Church (6415)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
19. ^ Cadw. "Bomb stores at West end of Fort Road (PE570)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

1. ^ Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.

## References

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* Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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* Sea Transport Division
* Ship Department
* Ship Design Department
* Signal Department
* Signal School
* Sixpenny Office
* Statistics Department
* Steam Department
* Superintendent of De-magnetisation
* Torpedo Experimental Establishment
* Transport Department
* Undersurface Warfare Department
* Victualling Department
* Volunteer Boys and Cadet Corps
* Weapons Department
* Weapons Department (Naval)
* Women's Royal Naval Service
* Wireless Telegraphy Board

Direction/Command of the Fleet|

* Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty
* Office of the First Naval Lord
* Office of the First Sea Lord
* Admiralty Naval Staff

Naval formations after 1707|

* 1st Fleet
* 2nd Fleet
* 3rd Fleet
* Commander-in-Chief, Africa
* Atlantic Fleet
* Commodore, Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf
* Australia Station
* Cape of Good Hope Station
* Cape and West Africa Station
* Battle Cruiser Fleet
* Battle Cruiser Force
* Caspian Flotilla
* Channel Fleet
* Channel Squadron
* Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland
* Cork Station
* Coast of Scotland
* Commander-in-Chief, China
* Commander-in-Chief, Dover
* Flag Officer, East Africa
* East Indies Station
* East Indies and China Station
* Eastern Fleet
* Far East Fleet
* English Channel
* Grand Fleet
* Flag Officer Gibraltar
* Harwich Force
* Home Fleet
* Jamaica Station
* Leith Station
* Commander-in-Chief, Levant
* Levant and East Mediterranean
* Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands
* Mediterranean Fleet
* Medway
* Newfoundland Station
* New Zealand Division
* New Zealand Naval Forces
* Nore
* North America and West Indies Station
* Commander-in-Chief, North Sea
* Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands
* Pacific Fleet
* Pacific Station
* Admiral of Patrols
* Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
* Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
* Queenstown Station
* Royal East African Navy
* Royal Indian Navy
* Flag Officer Submarines
* Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
* Reserve Fleet
* Scotland and Northern Ireland
* Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic
* South East Coast of America Station
* Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway
* West Africa Squadron
* Flag Officer, West Africa
* Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches

Naval formations before 1707|

* Lisbon Station
* West Indies Station
* Western Squadron
* Thames, Medway and Nore
* Commander-in-Chief, Thames
* Narrow Seas
* Downs Station

Direction of Naval Finance|

* Department of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty

Departments under the
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary|

* Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty
* Accountant-General's Department
* Comptroller of the Navy
* Department of the Surveyor of the Navy

Direction of Naval Administration
and the Admiralty Secretariat|

* Department of the Permanent Secretary

Branches and offices under the
Permanent Secretary|

* Admiralty Central Copying Branch
* Admiralty Central Registry Branch
* Admiralty Record Office
* Admiralty Library
* Admiralty Secretariat
* Air Branch
* Civil Branch
* Legal Branch
* Military Branch
* Naval Branch
* Ship Branch

Civil Administration|

* Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Department of the Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty

Departments under the
Civil Lords|

* Accountant-General's Department
* Contract and Purchase Department
* Department of the Director of Contract Labour
* Department of the Surveyor of Buildings
* Department of the Director of Works
* Greenwich Hospital Department
* Works Loan Department

Legal|

* Admiralty Judicial Department
* Admiralty court
* High Court of Admiralty
* Office of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty
* High Court of Justice
* Office of the Judge Advocate of the Fleet
* Office of the Marshall High Court of the Admiralty
* Office of the Admiralty Advocate
* Office of the Admiralty Proctor
* Office of the Chief Naval Judge Advocate
* Office of the Counsel for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy
* Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty
* Office of the Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet
* Office of the Receiver of Droits High Court of Admiralty
* Office of the Registrar High Court of the Admiralty
* Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty
* Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy
* Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty
* Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty
* Court of Admiralty for the Cinque Ports
* King's Bench Division (Admiralty)
* Queens's Bench Division (Admiralty)
* Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
* Vice Admiralty courts
* Colonial Courts of Admiralty

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Principal officers|

* Lieutenant of the Admiralty, (1546-1564)
* Treasurer of Marine Causes, (1546-1564)
* Comptroller of the Navy, (1546-1660)
* Surveyor of the Navy, (1546-1832)
* Clerk of the Navy, (1546-1660)
* Master of Naval Ordnance, (1546-1589)
* Keeper of the Storehouses, (1546-1560)
* Surveyor of Marine Victuals, (1550-1679)
* Treasurer of the Navy and Senior Commissioner, (1564-1660)
* Comptroller of the Navy and Chairman of the Board, (1660-1832)
* Treasurer of the Navy, (1660-1832)
* Clerk of the Acts, (1660-1796)
* Controller of Treasurer Accounts, (1667-1796)
* Controller of Victualling Accounts, (1667-1796)
* Controller of Storekeepers Accounts, (1671-1796)
* Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services, (1800-1832)
* Commissioners for Current Business, (1686-1688)
* Commissioners for Old Accounts, 1686-1688)
* Commissioners for Examining Accounts (Incurred), (1688-1689)
* Deputy Comptroller of the Navy, (1793-1813), (1829-1832)
* Pay Commissioner, (1796-1814)
* Civil Architect and Engineer of the Navy, (1808-1812)
* Surveyor of Buildings, (1813-1832)
* Surveyor of Dockyards, (1813-1832)
* Accountant-General of the Navy, (1829-32)
* Superintendent of Transport, (1829-1831)
* Storekeeper-General of the Navy, (1829-32)

Subsidiary boards|

* Sick and Hurt Board
* Transport Board
* Victualling Board

Resident Commissioners
of the navy
home yards|

* Resident Commissioner, Chatham Dockyard, (1631-1829)
* Resident Commissioner, Portsmouth Dockyard, (1649-1829)
* Resident Commissioner, Woolwich Dockyard,(1688-1828)
* Resident Commissioner, Plymouth Dockyard, (1691-1822)
* Resident Commissioner, Deptford Dockyard, (1714-1823)
* Resident Commissioner, Sheerness Dockyard, (1793-1822)
* Resident Commissioner, Devonport Dockyard, (1823-1832)

Resident Commissioners
of the navy
overseas yards|

* Resident Commissioner, Jamaica Yard, (1675-1832)
* Resident Commissioner, Cadiz Yard, (1694)
* Resident Commissioner, Bombay Yard
* Resident Commissioner, Kinsale Yard, (1694-1713)
* Resident Commissioner, Gibraltar Yard, (1704-1832)
* Resident Commissioner, Antigua Yard, (1707-1832)
* Resident Commissioner, Ascension Yard, (1728-1832)
* Resident Commissioner, Port Mahon Yard, (1742-1763)
* Resident Commissioner, Halifax Yard, (1759-1832)
* Resident Commissioner, Barbados Yard, (1779-1783, 1810)
* Resident Commissioner, Kingston Yard, (1783-1832)
* Resident Commissioner, Ajaccio Yard, (1794-1799)
* Resident Commissioner, Bermuda Dockyard, (1795-1832)
* Resident Commissioner, Amherstburg Yard, (1796-1813)
* Resident Commissioner, Quebec Yard, (1804-1826)
* Resident Commissioner, Malta Dockyard, (1805-1832)
* Resident Commissioner, Madras Yard, (1808-1817)
* Resident Commissioner, Cape of Good Hope Yard, (1808-1822)
* Resident Commissioner, Bombay Dockyard, (1808-1816)
* Resident Commissioner, Trincomalee Dockyard, (1810-1832)

Offices
under the
principal officers|

* Navy Office
* Navy Pay Office
* Sick and Hurt Office
* Transport Office
* Victualling Office

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