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Woolwich Dockyard.

Notes:

9 Apr 1841, Woolwich, Mr. Robert Dunn, surgeon of HM Dockyard, Woolwich, for nearly 30 years, died this morning.

6 May 1841, Mr. Peter Suther, surgeon of the William and Mary yacht has been appointed surgeon of Woolwich Dockyard, vice Dunn, (dec'd).

10 Sep 1841, Mr. W. Hutton and Mr. Frederick Dutton are appointed clerks in the Woolwich dockyard, and Mr. James Fowler is promoted to an Inspector of Shipwrights, vice Freeman superannuated.

17 Dec 1841, Captain Phipps Hornby, C.B., Superintendent of HM Dockyard, Woolwich, has been appointed Surveyor-General of the Coast-Guard, vice Bowles, promoted to be a flag officer.

25 Dec 1841, Captain Sir F. Collier, C.B., appointed to the command of the William and Mary, and the superintendence of Woolwich Dockyard.

20 Feb 1871 Woolwich Dockyard transferred to the War Department, for use by the Royal Arsenal.