| We could have stayed longer but we had some oppos waiting shoreside and they wanted to continue the dockyard tour. |
| At the outbreak of the Second World War the port, with its large graving and floating docks, became a naval base and later an Admiralty dockyard. |
| One new and two old battleships were torpedoed, a cruiser was hit, and the dockyard damaged. |
| More than 300 people yesterday took part in a march to protest against the arrival of a nuclear submarine at a dockyard for refit work. |
| The royal citadel, to strengthen the defences, was begun in 1666 and the dockyard at Devonport was developed in William III's reign. |
| Their inhabitants were outnumbered by the numbers living in seaports, dockyard towns, and regional centres. |
