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Portsmouth Dockyard.

Notes:

2 Jan 1841 Assistant Surgeon Alexander Stewart, appointed to the the Portsmouth Dockyard;

10 Jul 1841, Mr. Laire, assistant of Chatham Dockyard, is appointed builder at Bombay ; and Mr. Wilcox. of Portsmouth dockyard, is appointed assistant at Chatham. Mr. Fincham come, to Portsmouth dockyard as a foreman.

18 Sep 1841, Mr. W. Westrope is appointed acting inspector of shipwrights at Portsmouth, vice Kneebone, gone to Harwich.

21 Jan 1889, the service store being built near the Anchor Gate, adjacent to both the internal and external railway systems, will greatly improve the present system of receiving and drawing stores.

May 1892, Portsmouth, the signal station in the dockyard tower is to be the main station for the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. The station is in telephonic communication with Admiralty-house, the Admiral Superintendent, and the flagship, will be open 24 hours a day.