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Like its counterpart at Deptford , it was probably chosen for its position - on the south bank of the tidal River Thames conveniently close to Henry's palace at Greenwich . Its facilities ultimately included two large Dry Dock s, a substantial basin (now used by local anglers), numerous storehouses, a gatehouse and clockhouse, gun bastions, and, in later years, a large metal-working factory used to produce anchors and other iron items used in ship-building. Engineer Samuel Bentham was an apprentice shipwright at the dockyard during the 1770s. As ships grew bigger and the Thames began to silt up, the dockyard eventually closed in 1869 , but some of its features still remain, while Woolwich Dockyard Railway Station reminds commuters weekly of the history of the area. NOTABLE SHIPS LAUNCHED AT THE DOCKYARDS
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