Pembroke Dockyard, originally called Pater Yard, is a former

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in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire,

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History

It was founded in 1814, although not formally authorized until the

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signed the necessary

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on 31 October 1815, and was known as ''Pater Yard'' until 1817. The

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of Pembroke had requested the change "in deference to the town of Pembroke some distant". The site selected for the dockyard was

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and the closest accommodations were in Pembroke. Office space was provided by the old frigate after she was beached. The

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garrison was housed in the hulked 74-gun ship, , after she was run aground in 1832. Many of the workmen commuted by boat from nearby communities until Pembroke Dock town was built up. 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. After the end of the

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, the dockyard was closed by the cash-strapped

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as redundant in 1926. The

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, however, built

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on the site during the 1930s to house its

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, demolishing many of the existing buildings to make room for the necessary

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s and other facilities.

Administration of the dockyard

The

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was the

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officer in command of a larger

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, Devonport and

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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

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. His deputy was the captain of the dockyard (or captain of the port from 1969). Some smaller dockyards, such as Sheerness and Pembroke, had a captain-superintendent instead, whose deputy was styled commander of the dockyard. The appointment of a commodore-superintendent was also made from time to time in certain yards. The appointment of admiral-superintendents (or their junior equivalents) dates from 1832 when the

took charge of the Royal Dockyards. Prior to this larger dockyards were overseen by a commissioner who represented the

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

Included: * Captain Charles Bullen, July 1830 – 1832

Captain-Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard (1857-1906)

Included: * 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

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: 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

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: 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)

* 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)

* Captain Frederick D. Gilpin Brown: September 1915-April 1918 * Captain John G. Armstrong: April 1918-February 1920 * Captain

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: February 1920-April 1922 * Captain the Hon. Arthur B. S. Dutton: April 1922-July 1924 * Captain Leonard A. B. Donaldson: July 1924 – 1926

Gallery of listed buildings on the site

File:Pembroke Dock Captain Superintendent's house and West Gate Lodge.jpg, Main Gate, W Lodge and Captain Superintendent's House File:Pembroke Dock No.1 Dockyard terrace and East Gate Lodge.jpg, No.1 The Terrace (Surgeon's House and police accommodation) File:Pembroke Dock 2-3 The Terrace.jpg, Nos. 2 & 3, The Terrace (accommodation for the Master Shipwright and Clerk of the Cheque) File:Pembroke Dock 4-5 The Terrace.jpg, Nos. 4 & 5, The Terrace (accommodation for the Constructor and the Chief Engineer) File:Pembroke Dockyard Surgery & Office.jpg, Superintendent's Office and Surgery File:Former Guard House, Pembroke Dock (geograph 4753928).jpg, Guard House File:Pembroke Dockyard Offices.jpg, Dockyard Offices File:Pembroke Dockyard Storehouse.jpg, Store House File:Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre (4062).jpg,

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Listed building entry (Chapel)
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Notes

References

* {{Navy Board, state=collapsed Military installations in Wales Pembroke Dock