Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
- Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
Infobox Military Structure
name= Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
location= Halifax, Nova Scotia
caption=
type= Shipyard, dockyard
built= 1759
materials=
used= 1759 —
controlledby= Royal Navy 1759-1910, Royal Canadian Navy 1910-1968, Canadian Forces Maritime Command 1968-present
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commanders=
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Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax was the summer Royal Navy dockyard in the North American Station during the 18th and 19th Century.
Opened in 1759 and located on the western shores of Halifax Harbour to the northwest of Citadel Hill, the station closed in 1905 and sold to Canada in 1907.
The building and facilities in the base included:
* refitting yard
* graving yard
* coal facility
* torpedo boat yard
* Wardroom
* victualling yard (North Dockyard)
* Gate Warder's House
* Admiralty House - home to the Admiral of the North American Station and now Maritime Command Museum
Ships built or stationed in Halifax included:
* HMS Atalante
* HMS Aeolus
* HMS Driver
* HMS Indian
* HMS Sylph
* HMS Martin
ee also
* Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
* Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
* Grand River Naval Depot
* Pentanguishene Naval Yard
* Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard
* Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard
* Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard
* George Benson Hall
* Naval Shipyards, York (Upper Canada)
References
* [http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/research/b5.html Research guide B5: Royal Naval Dockyards]
* [http://www.psphalifax.ns.ca/OfficersMess/Wardroom.asp CFB Halifax Officers Mess]
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