1774 - Size of the Dockyard
The value of work performed at the Camber betweenSeptember 1776 was £14493. 11s. 10d.
14th January. census of the yard showed that on the 14th January 1774 there were employed in the yard:
Officer…………..22. Bricklayers………….22 Masons………….4
Clerks…...………26 Pitch Heaters……….3 Smith’s…………85
Shipwrights…….861 Riggers……………..67 Foremen…….…..2
Quarter Boys…...33 Rigger’s labourers….20 Spinners………115
Caulkers…………82 Yard Labourers..….293 Winder-uppers ….9
Oakum Boys…….33 Braziers……………..1 Labourers..………14
Joiners…............. 64 Locksmiths………….2 Hatchellers……..18
House Carpenters..82 Sawyers..…………134 Boys…………….8
Wheelwrights…….3 Sail makers…………51 Block makers……4
Plumbers………….2 Scavelmen………75 (Teams) I man, 2 horses….75
In all there were 2.198 men employed within the Dockyard and another 685 on ships in ordinary (reserve) as watchmen and maintenance.