
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- Rochester Upon Medway
- Town
- Chatham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
- Lost
- Not lost
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Current location
Chatham Historic Dockyard
Main Gate Road
Chatham
Rochester Upon Medway
Kent
ME4 4TY
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 75890 69240
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- An uncovered dock connected to the River Medway.
- Inscription
- Plaque:- THE VICTORY DOCK // Named to commemorate the bicentenary of the / Battle of Trafalgar 1805 / and the construction of HMS Victory on this site / 23 July 1759 - 7 May 1765 // Vice Admiral Sir James burnell-Nugent KCB CBE ADC MA / Second Sea Lord and / Commander-in-Chief Navel Home Command / 23 July 2005
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
- Components
- Other structure
Measurements: height c120,000mm, width c20,000mm
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: height c250mm, width c300mm
Materials: Metal
- Other structure
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- The Victory Dock
- WMO ID: 160023
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
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