Nelson's Dockyard

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Antigua naval shipyard and associated archaeological sites
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Nelson's Dockyard.jpg
Entire facility, from Shirley's Heights
National territory: Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
Type: Culture
Criteria : (ii) (iv)
Surface: 255 ha
Buffer zone: 3,873 ha
Reference No .: 1499
UNESCO region : Europe and North America
History of enrollment
Enrollment: 2016  ( session 40 )

Nelson's Dockyard is a historic port facility in English Harbor , on the south coast of the Caribbean island of Antigua . It belongs as a local location ( Village ) to English Harbour- Middle Ground in the Parish of St. Paul . The naval shipyard and the associated archaeological sites are called Nelson's Dockyard National Park and have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 2016 .

Plant and exhibits

Nelson's Dockyard was named after the former commander, Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson .

The hurricane-proof natural harbor was first used by the English in 1671. The first buildings were built in 1725, and the naval port was expanded intensively from 1743 onwards. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was considered the most important naval base in Great Britain in the Lesser Antilles to protect the local colonies and merchant ships from attacks. It was Nelson's main base in the Caribbean during the Napoleonic Wars of the 1800s and 1810s.

In the 1950s, the Friends of English Harbors Association took care of the facility, and it was reopened in 1961. Today it is  looked after by National Parks Antigua (NPA). The former workshops, residential buildings and warehouses are now used for tourism after loving restoration, including as a hotel and exclusive marina . The buildings that can be visited today all date from the period 1785–1792.

Today the area is one of the largest open-air museums in the Caribbean and can be visited daily. The annual Antigua Sailing Week takes place in front of the harbor.

A Plan of English Harbor , 1745

  • Admiral's Inn

  • Boat House Pillars

  • dock

and display information about the image
Panorama over the two natural harbors English Harbor / Freeman's Bay and Falmouth Harbor / Falmouth Bay , out to the open Caribbean towards the southwest.

See also

literature

  • D. Nicholson, Antigua Archaeological Society (Ed.): English Harbor, Antigua: a historica1 and archaeological sketch. , St. John's (Antigua) 1983.

Web links

Commons : Nelson's Dockyard  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • The Dockyard , antiguahistory.net (English, more extensive website about the museum)
  • Nelson's Dockyards , galenfrysinger.com (English, with many large photos)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Constituencies Boundaries Commission Order, 1984, made by the Governor-General under section 65 of the Constitution (Constituencies Boundaries Commission Order, 1984) , SI 1984, No.4, 28th day of February, 1984; in particular Schedule 16. (pdf, antiguaelections.com, p. 11 there)
  2. ↑ New UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In: Unesco.de. Retrieved August 12, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Research guide B5: Royal Naval Dockyards : Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua , Royal Museums Greenwich, rmg.co.uk, accessed April 6, 2014.

Coordinates: 17 ° 0 ′ 29 ″  N , 61 ° 45 ′ 55 ″  W.