On the way back from Belgium we stopped in Kent and took the opportunity to visit the Royal Engineers museum and the Historic Dockyard Chatham . Both were really good visits with a fine range of exhibits to look at .
Plenty of interesting vehicles outside of the RE museum .
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| Chinese Gordon’s imperial court dress |
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| Gordon’s telescope |
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| Lt Chard display |
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| Chards Webley used at Rorkes Drift |
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| Zulu shield from Rorkes drift |
Onto the Royal Dockyard
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| HMS Victory |
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| RNLI display |
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| Polaris missile |
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| An X Craft submarine |
HMS Cavalier
The WW2 Destrroyer memorial
Next onto HMS Gannet , a sloop
HMS Ocelot
The museum told the story of the evolution of the navy and the industry that was built up to support it .
All in all two great museums .
Nice pics Dave. You should have let me know you were down south. We could have had a beer.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately we were only there 1 night . Next time , as we need to go back to the Dockysrd as didn’t get round it all
DeleteNice Dave ages since I have been down to Kent but I might be passing through sometime ?
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