Nothing can be finer than the dockyards for building vessels, in which ten thousand men can work with ease.
The ships were compelled to visit the imperial dockyard in the capital to undergo repairs and to receive provisions and pay.
Two hours later they reached Plymouth, marched through the town to the dockyard, and went straight on board the transport.
When the expedition reached England, every port and dockyard on the south coast was humming with preparations for a great naval struggle.
The seven-metre-high wall that enclosed the dockyards was surrounded by a deep and wide moat.
After the closure of the dockyard, the island became a typical abandoned 'brownfield' site.
The dockyards showed an impressive architecture, proclaiming the power of monarchy.
