Appledore in Kent is known to generations of children as the setting for A. A. Milne's famous verse poem, "The Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak".
As part of the Seawind Group, the company is no longer based in Glasgow but retains shiprepair facilities in Birkenhead, Merseyside, and at Appledore, Devon.
One ship and two shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Appledore, after the village in Devon.
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In 1866 a start was actually made on a line to run to Appledore with a branch to Westward Ho!, however soon after a full 'first sod cutting ceremony' by the Earl of Iddesleigh, the contractors went bankrupt and the project was abandoned.
Scenes set at 'Appledore', Magnussen's house, were filmed at Swinhay House in Gloucestershire, owned by Sir David McMurtry, boss of Renishaw engineering.
MV Rocknes (1975) is a 3,645 ton bulk carrier launched on 1 November 1975, by Appledore Shipbuilders, in Appledore, North Devon, United Kingdom.