A Town Built to Build Ships (ebook)

Argumento de A Town Built to Build Ships (ebook)

The story of Pembroke Dock is one of triumph and disaster, of hope and terrible failure. Nearly three hundred ships were built in the yards, including some of the most powerful ships in Queen Victoria?s navy ? as well as four famous Royal Yachts. Then in 1926, the dockyard was suddenly closed, leaving the town without reason for existence. What followed was a brutal battle for survival.

The history of Pembroke Dock is a fascinating social study, taking a community from its raw beginnings to full and accepted standing in the world. It makes compulsive reading for anyone who has an interest in history.

Accent Press was founded in Pembroke Dock in 2003. Our first quayside offices overlooked the Gun Tower in the dock which is known as one of Palmerston?s Follies.

From even the most casual of investigations it is clear that the warships built at Pembroke Dock were the envy of other yards. They were, for a brief and glorious period, so innovative and revolutionary that they changed the whole nature and design of shipbuilding. It can also be argued that they changed the course of naval history.0