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| name                    = Port Royal
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(contracted; show full)se. From 1675, a resident Naval Officer was appointed to oversee these facilities;<ref name=rmg>{{cite web|title=Royal Museums Greenwich research guide|url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/the-royal-navy/research-guide-b5-royal-naval-dockyards|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103234627/http://www.rmg.co.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/the-royal-navy/research-guide-b5-royal-naval-dockyards|url-status=dead}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103234627/http://www.rmg.co.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/the-royal-navy/research-guide-b5-royal-naval-dockyards |date=3 November 2013 }}</ref> however, development was cut short by the 1692 earthquake. After the earthquake, an attempt was made to establish a [[naval base]] at [[Port Antonio]] instead, but the climate there proved disagreeable. From 1735, Port Royal once more became the focus of the Admiralty's attention. New wharves and storehouses were built at this time, as well as housing for the officers of the Yard. Over the next thirty years, more facilities were added: [[cooperages]], workshops, [[sawpit]]s, and accommodat(contracted; show full)3,000 people combined, nearly half the city's population.{{citation needed|date=February 2010}} Disease ran rampant in the next several months, claiming an estimated 2,000 additional lives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fiwiroots.com/portroyal/newspaper.html|title=Eye Witness Account of Port Royal 1692 Earthquake|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820111039/https://fiwiroots.com/portroyal/newspaper.html|archive-date=20 August 2020|access-date=}}
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*{{cite web|website=ShawnBrown.com|author=Brown, Shawn (Cartographer)|url=http://www.shawnbrown.com/maps/port_royal.html|title=Map: Old Port Royal|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214144251/http://shawnbrown.com/maps/port_royal.html|archivedate=14 February 2007|df=mdy-all}}
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214144251/http://shawnbrown.com/maps/port_royal.html |date=14 February 2007 }} (artistic interpretation of the city before the 1692 earthquake)
*{{cite web|author=Hamilton, Dr. Donny L. (Principal Investigator)|website=Nautarch.tamu.edu|url=http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/ |title=The Port Royal Project}} (historical and archaeological research)
*{{cite web|publisher=Vermilion Ohio News|website=Great Lakes Pirate Fest|url=http://piratefest.homestead.com/PortRoyal.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210203037/http://piratefest.homestead.com/PortRoyal.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-12-10|title=Notorious Pirate Havens, Part 4: Port Royal}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210203037/http://piratefest.homestead.com/PortRoyal.html |date=10 December 2015 }}
*{{cite web|author=Vallar, Cindy (Editor and Reviewer)|website=Pirates and Privateers: The History of Maritime Piracy|url=http://www.cindyvallar.com/havens4.html |title=Piracy in Port Royal}}
*{{cite web|website=Cracked.com|url=http://www.cracked.com/article_19226_the-5-most-extravagant-ways-cities-have-been-wiped-out.html|title=The 5 Most Extravagant Ways Cities Have Been Wiped Out|author=Yosomono, Eric |date= 2 June 2011}}
*{{cite web|website=Cracked.com|url=http://www.cracked.com/article_19482_6-absurd-pirate-myths-everyone-believes-thanks-to-movies_p2.html |title=Absurd Pirate Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)|authors=Yosomono, Eric Yosomono & Miller, Drew |date= 21 October 2011|page=2}}

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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kingston, Jamaica]]
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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kingston, Jamaica]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kingston, Jamaica]]
[[Category:1518 establishments in the Spanish Empire]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1518]]
[[Category:Piracy in the Caribbean]]
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