The Royal William Victualling Yard in Plymouth
From the collection of
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TV reporter Michael Reinhold is at the Royal William Yard (RWY) and Wrangaton Ministry of Defence stores. The RWY is on the River Tamar and was named after King William IV and built between 1826 and 1835 on a sixteen acre site near Devonport dockyard and the Royal Naval base in Plymouth, Devon. Victualling pronounced vit(a)ling stores furnish victuals or provisions to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and store dry goods, clothing and of course navy strength rum in barrels.