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Pembroke Dock
Pembroke Dock is a modern town, built in 1814 because of the transfer of the Royal Naval Dockyard from Milford Haven. By the mid-nineteenth century it had become one of the principal shipbuilding yards in Britain.
A variety of warships, as well as several royal yachts, were constructed here. Changes in technology and the development of the dreadnought battleship meant that the dockyard became inadequate. It closed in 1926. A gun tower known locally as the 'Martello Tower' was built in 1849 to defend the dockyard. During the Second World War, the town was a base for all three military services, especially the Sunderland Flying Boats that patrolled the Western Approaches. Today, Pembroke Dock is the terminus for the Irish ferry. The town's museum, housed in the Martello Tower, describes the history of the dockyard, whilst several of the elegant Georgian dockyard buildings are being refurbished.
