Shipbuilding in London

British sailing steamship

Deptford ( ) is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Dockyards. This was a major shipbuilding dock and attracted Peter the Great to come and study shipbuilding. Deptford and the docks are associated with the knighting of Sir Francis Drake by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the Golden Hind, the legend of Sir Walter Raleigh laying down his cape for Elizabeth,

Rotherhithe ( ) is a district of South London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is on the south bank of a bend in the Thames, facing Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse on the north bank, with the Isle of Dogs to the east. It borders Bermondsey to the west and Deptford to the south-east. The district is a part of the Docklands area.

British naval engineer (1808–1882)

British shipbuilding firm

Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder

shipbuilding company in the United Kingdom

shipbuilders

English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII

district of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England

engineering and ship building firm in London, England

British shipbuilder (1842-1932)

former naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames