Shipyards on the River Thames

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,

British shipbuilding firm

shipbuilding company in the United Kingdom

shipbuilders

English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII

engineering and ship building firm in London, England

former naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames