Valour, Loss & Sacrifice: Chatham, the Royal Navy and the War at Sea 1914-18, The Historic Dockyard Chatham

Event

Saturday 26 July 2014 to Sunday 30 November 2014

Organised by Historic Dockyard Chatham

A thought provoking and emotive exhibition, revealing the remarkable role played by Chatham Dockyard, its workers and the Chatham Division of the Royal Navy - commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

• Four long years of valour, loss and sacrifice are depicted using first-hand accounts, personal effects and poignant items including paintings, pictures and poetry.
• All are drawn from the national collections of Imperial War Museums and the National Maritime Museum, complemented with previously unseen items from The Historic Dockyard Chatham’s own collection. • Learn about the ordeals suffered by these men and women as ‘The Great War’ is seen through the eyes of those who lived through it. • See the havoc wreaked by German submarines and mines in the twisted metal remains and battle scarred ships of the fleet and learn of the new repair and maintenance challenges this presented the dockyard with.
• Discover how the losses of Chatham Division ships affected lives back home and how technologies were quickly developed to fight against a new type of warfare challenging a navy that had not been seriously threatened in Home Waters since the end of the Napoleonic Wars.