On this day in 1984, the Royal Navy locked the gates of Chatham Dockyard for the final time.
Out of the ashes of the closure rose the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust.
Read the full timeline of the closure and the development of the Trust: bit.ly/CHDT_Dockyard-…
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Congratulations Dockyard Chatham celebrating 40 yrs of the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, preserving the dockyard & supporting Medway. We’re also proud to announce that our VC Professor Rama Thirunamachandran has become an Ambassador for Chatham Historic Dockyard.
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