Charles Dickens offered a short meditation on the construction of HMS Achilles following a visit to Chatham Dockyard in 1863, first published in the weekly magazine All the Year Round on August 29, 1863, and then included in his collection The Uncommercial Traveller. Dickens came away impressed by the experience, and the idea that such a large iron construction could float or move.
Charles Dickens provided a brief reflection on the construction of HMS Achilles after visiting Chatham Dockyard in 1863, initially published in the weekly magazine All the Year Round on August 29, 1863, and later included in his collection The Uncommercial Traveller. Dickens found the experience impressive, and the notion that such a substantial iron structure could float or move.