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Royal Naval Dockyard

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Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard
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Sunday11am - 4pm
Monday11am - 4pm
Tuesday11am - 4pm
Wednesday11am - 4pm
Thursday11am - 4pm
Friday11am - 4pm
Saturday11am - 4pm


HMD Bermuda was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War. Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609. French privateers may have used the islands as a staging place for operations against Spanish galleons in the 16th century. Bermudian privateers certainly played a role in many Imperial wars following settlement. Despite this, it was not until the loss of bases on most of the North American Atlantic seaboard threatened Britain's supremacy in the Western Atlantic that the island assumed great importance as a naval base . In 1818 the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda officially replaced the Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax as the British headquarters for the North America and West Indies Station.
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