The roofs of the Victualling Yard served as a catchment directing rain to a settlement tank, which was then purified by flowing it successively from one tank to the next.
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Carter was Superintendent of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard between December 1841 and December 1846, and was promoted to rear-admiral on reserved half-pay on 8 April 1851.
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Part of the estates around Sayes Court were purchased in 1742 for the building of the Admiralty Victualling Yard, renamed the Royal Victoria Yard in 1858 after a visit by Queen Victoria.
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The Rosia Water Tanks consisted of six parallel underground chambers built by contractor Giovanni Maria Boschetti adjacent to the Victualling Yard of bricks brought from Britain and sand-lime mortar, then waterproofed.
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Two officers were initially appointed as responsible for the machinery and spare parts, respectively, needed to maintain and repair ships in the dockyard, and for dry goods and foodstuff in the victualling yard.
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The Victualling Yard complex, including the tanks, enabled Rear Admiral John Knight of a water shortage aboard his flagship, " HMS Victory ", requesting he keep the matter to himself.
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In 1779, the gunpowder having been relocated to Priddy's Hard, the Square Tower was converted to a Royal Navy meat store until 1850, when this function was moved to the new Victualling Yard complex at Gosport.
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These establishments included the R . N . Armaments Depot of Priddy s Hard, the Clarence victualling yard, Haslar Royal Naval hospital, HMS Dolphin submarine base and the Lee-on-Solent Fleet Air-Arm base.
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Royal Navy hardtack during Queen Victoria's reign was made by machine at the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport, Hampshire, stamped with the Queen's mark and the number of the oven in which they were baked.
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The occupant of this position ranked as a Commodore, and was provided with a shore office on Ireland Island ( which was beside the Victualling Yard until 1962 ), but was required to spend much of his time at sea in the West Indies.
