Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Richards, Charles to
Carnarvon, Earl 4 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10133, 20.
Abstract
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Minutes (2).
The minutes “Put by” but “wish she was completely off” as the boat is a month behind
schedule.
Richards to Under-Secretary of State
Immediate
Admiralty
Somerset House, W.C.
4 October 1858
Somerset House, W.C.
Sir,
I beg to acquaint you that the "Thames City" sailed from
Deptford
1
on Saturday last, for Gravesend; 10 Lay Days having been consumed by her
at the former place, in the shipment of the Stores.
Minutes by CO staff
I wish she was completely off. She is a month later than she
ought to have been and than was promised.
C
Oct 5
Footnotes
- Deptford, one of the first naval dockyards in England, was situated on the south bank of the Thames, immediately above Greenwich. The first dock was constructed there about 1542, and it was here that Sir Francis Drake returned in 1581 after circumnavigating the world. In the late seventeenth century, Deptford became headquarters of the Victualling Board of the Royal Navy. It declined in importance after 1869, when the Navy transferred many of its facilities to the dockyards at Chatham and Sheerness. The dockyard at Deptford finally closed in 1965.