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Nelson's Dockyard

18th century · 18th century · Also known as English Harbour Dockyard

Nelson's Dockyard is the Georgian naval dockyard at English Harbour in Antigua, built in the 18th century as the Royal Navy's chief base in the Leeward Islands. Horatio Nelson served there in the 1780s. Closed in 1889, it was restored in the 20th century and is now a heritage site and marina, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016.

Nelson's Dockyard — Image: David Stanley · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Colony of Antigua Antigua and Barbuda

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nelson's Dockyard. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nelsons-dockyard
MLA: “Nelson's Dockyard.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nelsons-dockyard. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Nelson's Dockyard.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nelsons-dockyard.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Nelson's Dockyard’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nelsons-dockyard (Accessed: ).

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