Woolwich was once home to two vast military production sites – the Woolwich Dockyard and the Woolwich Arsenal. Both founded in the time of Henry VIII, the dockyard built ships for the Royal Navy up until the switch to steam ships in the early 19th century. Guns and ammunition were developed at Woolwich Arsenal until the 1960s.

This one hour Zoom talk looks at the story of both sites, some of the ships built there and the impact the sites had on British naval power.