Above postcard date unknown, with kind permission from Eric Hartland.

Above photo circa 1934, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above photo, February 2015, kindly sent by Roy Moore.

Above photo 2023, by Sam Dack.

Above sign, February 2015, by Roy Moore.

Chatham News, Saturday 5 September 1863.

APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSEES.

Mr. Hayward applied for a license for the "Ship," at Upnor. Mr. R. Prall, jun., opposed.

Refused.

Chatham News, Saturday 27 August 1870.

Frindsbury.

Mr. Hayward supported the application of Mr. Jarratt, for a licence to the "Ship," at Lower Upnor. He stated that some years ago there were two licensed houses at Lower Upnor, but on one of them, the "Boatswain and Call," being pulled down for the erection of magazines, the licence had been transferred across the water to a house on the top of Chatham Hill. If, he said, two licences were required at the time, they were more so now, as upwards of 5,000 passengers landed at the pier in a month, and the "Jolly Sailor," the only licensed house there, had not sufficient accommodation for the vast number of persons who visited the neighbourhood.

Mr. J. Basset opposed on the part of the landlord of "Jolly Sailor," and contended that the "Ship" was not at all calculated for a spirit licence, as there was not sufficient accommodation.

Refused.

Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser 30 December 1890.

ROCHESTER & CHATHAM JOURNAL. ACCIDENT.

On Boxing Day Mr. George Jarrett, landlord of the "Ship Inn," Upnor, whilst out walking slipped and fractured his leg.

From the Probate 1912.

JARRETT Augustus William, of "Ship Inn," Lower Upnor, near Rochester, died 31 March 1912 at Isleworth, Middlesex, Administration, London, 5 December to William Joseph Shaw, retired major H.M. Army and Edward Isaac Dennison Civil servant. Effects £185 6s. 2d.

JARRETT Horace Robert, of "Ship Inn," Lower Upnor near Rochester, died 8 December 1912, Administration London, 5 December to William Joseph Shaw, retired major H.M. Army and Edward Isaac Dennison Civil servant. Effects £185 6s. 2d.

From the Anchor, (house magazine for Barclay, Perkins Anchor Brewery Volume XIV, No.7, July 1934.

Ship, Upnor.

The Ship, rebuilt on the same site, is a waterside house on the Medway at Upnor.

The training ship Arethusa is moored off the Ship. This new Arethusa was formerly the Peking and it is interesting to know that timber from the old HMS Arethusa is being used in the construction of another Style & Winch, Limited hotel on Watling Street, at Gillingham.

By Rory Kehoe:- In 1974, the Shaftesbury Homes Charity sold the Arethusa to a maritime museum in New York. In 2017, facing the breakers' yard, Arethusa was donated to a museum in Hamburg (where she was built) extensively refurbished and re-floated in 2020 under its original name, Peking.

Chatham News, Friday 10 February 1939.

"THE SHIP," UPNOR.

The Magistrates refused an application by Mr. M. V. Mackey on behalf of the licensee of "The Ship," Upnor, for an "on" beer, wine and spirits licence. The house has at present an "on" beer and wine licence, the licensee being Mr. Charles Enoch Allman.

Mr. Mackey said there was only one other licensed house within the quarter mile area, namely the "Pier Inn." The licensee at "The Ship," he said, had greatly increased the trade since he had been there. There were now attached to the house the Rochester Cruising Club, the Essex Yacht Club, and the Floboat Canoe Club.

"This is a summer area, particularly with regard to yachtsmen," said Mr. Mackey, "and the licensee has been increasingly asked to supply spirits at that time."

Mr Mackey submitted a petition containing 145 signatures, asking for the extended licence.

For the licensee of the "Pier Inn," James Wadhams, Mr. H. N. Grimwade (solicitor), submitted that the "Pier" was only sixty yards away and had a full licence. In Lower Upnor, moreover, there were only 33 dwelling-houses, and the total inhabitants did not exceed 100. To create another full licence in that area, he suggested, would be to create a redundancy.

Giving evidence, Mr. Wadhams said that the people who came to Upnor during the summer season did not require spirits, and the Upnor trade was solely a summer trade.