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Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth (HMS Nelson
HMS Nelson

Three ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nelson in honour of Horatio Nelson:* was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1814....
), is one of three operating bases for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 (the others being HMNB Clyde
HMNB Clyde

Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde is one of three UK operating bases for the Royal Navy . It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of the United Kingdom UK Trident programme-armed nuclear submarine force....
 and HMNB Devonport
HMNB Devonport

Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport , is one of three UK operating bases for the Royal Navy . HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, Devon, in the west of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England....
). Portsmouth naval base is located on the eastern shore of Portsmouth Harbour and is part of the city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 of Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
 and is situated north of the Solent
Solent

The Solent is a stretch of sea separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of United Kingdom.The Solent is a major shipping route for passengers, freight and military vessels....
 and Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is an England island and county, located 3-8 km from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent....
. The base is home to the oldest surviving Drydock in the world, as well as being the base port for 66% of the Royal Navy's surface fleet
Royal Navy surface fleet

The Surface Fleet is the name given to the collection of surface vessels of the British Royal Navy. In 2008 it consisted of two flotillas based at Portsmouth and HMNB Devonport, both on the south coast of England and a flotilla based at the Clyde Naval Base at Faslane in Scotland....
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Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth (HMS Nelson
HMS Nelson

Three ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nelson in honour of Horatio Nelson:* was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1814....
), is one of three operating bases for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 (the others being HMNB Clyde
HMNB Clyde

Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde is one of three UK operating bases for the Royal Navy . It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of the United Kingdom UK Trident programme-armed nuclear submarine force....
 and HMNB Devonport
HMNB Devonport

Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport , is one of three UK operating bases for the Royal Navy . HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, Devon, in the west of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England....
). Portsmouth naval base is located on the eastern shore of Portsmouth Harbour and is part of the city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 of Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
 and is situated north of the Solent
Solent

The Solent is a stretch of sea separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of United Kingdom.The Solent is a major shipping route for passengers, freight and military vessels....
 and Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is an England island and county, located 3-8 km from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent....
. The base is home to the oldest surviving Drydock in the world, as well as being the base port for 66% of the Royal Navy's surface fleet
Royal Navy surface fleet

The Surface Fleet is the name given to the collection of surface vessels of the British Royal Navy. In 2008 it consisted of two flotillas based at Portsmouth and HMNB Devonport, both on the south coast of England and a flotilla based at the Clyde Naval Base at Faslane in Scotland....
. The base is home to a number of commercial shore activities including shipbuilding, ship repair, naval logistics, accommodation and messing (delivered by BVT Surface Fleet
BVT Surface Fleet

BVT Surface Fleet is a naval shipbuilding and support company owned by BAE Systems and VT Group. BAE and VT own 55% and 45% of the company respectively, however they have equal board representation and voting rights....
); and personnel support functions (eg medical and dental; education; pastoral and welfare) provided by the Ministry of Defence. The base is the oldest in the Royal Navy, has been a vital part of its history and the defence of the British Isles for centuries and was at its height the largest industrial site in the world . The Naval Base is also home to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard which allows members of the public to visit important maritime attractions such as the Mary Rose
Mary Rose

The Mary Rose was an English Tudor carrack warship and one of the first to be able to fire a full broadside of cannons.The Mary Rose was well equipped with 78 cannon and was the pride of the English fleet....
, HMS Victory
HMS Victory

HMS Victory is a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, started in 1759 and launched in 1765, most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar....
 and HMS Warrior
HMS Warrior (1860)

HMS Warrior was the first iron-hulled, armour-plated warship, built for the Royal Navy in response to the first ironclad warship, the French La Gloire, launched a year earlier....
.

In 2006 the Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
 announced that a review would be undertaken to examine the future of the three Naval Bases. The Naval Base Review was seeking to examine the long term future needs of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
, with the most likely outcome being either retaining the three current Naval Bases, but with reduced capacity in each, or closing one of the two on the south coast of England. The results of the review, released in 2007, have stipulated no base closures.

The base commander is Commodore Rob Thompson.

The harbour is under the control of the Queen's Harbour Master
Harbourmaster

A harbourmaster is an official responsible for enforcing the regulations of a particular harbour or port, in order to ensure the safety of navigation, the security of the harbour and the correct operation of the port facilities....
, currently Commander Steve Hopper, who is the regulatory authority of the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth, an area of approximately that encompasses Portsmouth Harbour and the Eastern Solent
Solent

The Solent is a stretch of sea separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of United Kingdom.The Solent is a major shipping route for passengers, freight and military vessels....
. Shipping movements are handled by a team of admiralty pilots headed by the Chief Admiralty Pilot, Anthony Bannister.

Portsmouth naval base is home to 2/3 of the Royal Navy's surface ships, including the two aircraft carriers (HMS Illustrious
HMS Illustrious (R06)

The fifth HMS Illustrious is an Invincible class aircraft carrier light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, affectionately known as 'Lusty' to her crew....
 and HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal (R07)

HMS Ark Royal , the last Invincible class aircraft carrier light aircraft carrier to be completed, is the fifth ship of the Royal Navy named in honour of the HMS Ark Royal of the England fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada....
). The naval base employs 17,200 people. In addition, Portsmouth will help build and be the home port of the two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers ordered in 2008, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. This has secured the base future for the next 40 years and will revitalise shipbuilding in the city.

Functioning base

It plays host to a large part of the surface fleet of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 including Invincible-class aircraft carriers
Invincible class aircraft carrier

The Invincible-class is a ship class of light aircraft carrier currently serving with the United Kingdom Royal Navy. Of the three vessels of this class, and are in operation, with decommissioned from service and in reserve until 2010....
, Type 42 destroyer
Type 42 destroyer

The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers of the Royal Navy....
s, the majority of the Type 23 frigate
Type 23 frigate

The Type 23 frigate is a ship class of frigate serving with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. All the ships are named after List of dukes in the peerages of the British Isles, thus the class is also known as the Duke class....
s, fishery protection vessels and a squadron of mine counter-measures vessels (minesweepers
Minesweeper (ship)

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations....
 and mine hunters). Most of the vessels based in Portsmouth form part of the Portsmouth Flotilla, under the Fleet First reorganisation which saw the three (Portsmouth,Devonport and Faslane) port flotillas replace the frigate and destroyer squadrons and other groupings.

In total some 17,300 people work in the base. Until recently it was the base of the Second Sea Lord
Second Sea Lord

The Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command , commonly just known as the Second Sea Lord , is one of the most senior admirals of the United Kingdom Royal Navy, responsible for personnel and naval shore establishments....
 who flies his flag in HMS Victory
HMS Victory

HMS Victory is a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, started in 1759 and launched in 1765, most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar....
, which is the oldest commissioned warship in the world (although it was originally built at Chatham Dockyard
Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham, Kent and one third in Chatham, Kent, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the English Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional defences....
). The Second Sea Lord is now at William Leach Building on Whale Island, which is the headquarters of the Commander in Chief Fleet..

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

In addition to Victory
HMS Victory

HMS Victory is a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, started in 1759 and launched in 1765, most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar....
, a portion of the base serves as a maritime museum (now called Portsmouth Historic Dockyard) and plays host to:
  • the raised wreck of the Tudor
    Tudor period

    The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII of England ....
     carrack
    Carrack

    A carrack or nau was a three- or four-Mast sailing ship developed in the Atlantic Ocean in the 15th century by the Portugal. It had a high rounded stern with an aftcastle and a forecastle and bowsprit at the stem....
     Mary Rose
    Mary Rose

    The Mary Rose was an English Tudor carrack warship and one of the first to be able to fire a full broadside of cannons.The Mary Rose was well equipped with 78 cannon and was the pride of the English fleet....
  • HMS Warrior
    HMS Warrior (1860)

    HMS Warrior was the first iron-hulled, armour-plated warship, built for the Royal Navy in response to the first ironclad warship, the French La Gloire, launched a year earlier....
  • HMS M33
    HMS M33

    HMS M33 is an M29 class monitor monitor of the Royal Navy built in 1915 as part of the rapid ship construction campaign following the outbreak of World War I....
    , a WWI monitor
    Monitor (warship)

    A monitor was a type of relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns and was used by some navies from the 1860s until the end of the World War II....
  • the Royal Naval Museum
    Royal Naval Museum

    The Royal Naval Museum is the museum of the history of the Royal Navy of the Royal Navy in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard section of HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England....
  • Action Stations
    Action Stations

    Action Stations is a state of readiness aboard warships in contemporary navies, including the Royal Navy and many others.Action Stations is the highest level of alert readiness, and once action stations is called, the crew make the ship ready to join battle....
     - featuring InterAction
  • Portsmouth Harbour Tours
  • The Trafalgar Sail - foretop sail of Victory
    HMS Victory

    HMS Victory is a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, started in 1759 and launched in 1765, most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar....
     from the Battle of Trafalgar 1805


Across the harbour in Gosport
Gosport

Gosport is a town and Non-metropolitan district in Hampshire with around 79,000 resident inhabitants , with a further 5-10,000 during the summer months, situated on the south coast of England....
 are:
  • Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower, at Priddy's Hard
    Priddy's Hard

    Priddy's Hard is an area of Gosport, in Hampshire, England now being developed for housing with part of the site retained as a museum. However, for some two hundred years it was a restricted-access site; first becoming a Fortification and then an Weapons depot for Royal Navy and British Army weapons, explosives and other stores....
     and
  • The Royal Navy Submarine Museum
    Royal Navy Submarine Museum

    The Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport is a museum tracing the international history of submarine development from the age of Alexander the Great to the present day, and particularly the history of the Royal Naval Submarine Service from the tiny Holland 1 to the nuclear powered Vanguard class submarine....
     at Haslar.


History

Along with Chatham
Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham, Kent and one third in Chatham, Kent, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the English Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional defences....
, Woolwich
Woolwich Dockyard

Woolwich Dockyard was an England naval shipyard founded by King Henry VIII of England in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Gr?ce ? Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
, Plymouth
HMNB Devonport

Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport , is one of three UK operating bases for the Royal Navy . HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, Devon, in the west of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England....
 and Deptford
Deptford

Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London. The area is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Convoy's Wharf, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards....
, it has been one of the main dockyards for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 throughout its history. The Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust was established in 1994 to foster and promote the history and industrial archaelogy of this great organisation and a more detailed history may be found at: .

The Tudors

The wreck of the Mary Rose
Mary Rose

The Mary Rose was an English Tudor carrack warship and one of the first to be able to fire a full broadside of cannons.The Mary Rose was well equipped with 78 cannon and was the pride of the English fleet....
 is on display in a purpose built museum. The oldest Drydocks in the world were built by Henry VII
Henry VII of England

Henry VII was the Kingdom of England and Lordship of Ireland from his usurpation of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty....
 in 1495. Ships from Portsmouth were a key part of the fleet that drove off the Spanish Armada
Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada was the Habsburg Spain fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Alonso de Guzm?n El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, leading to the Drake-Norris Expedition of 1589, also known as the English Armada....
 in 1588.

Napoleonic Wars

During this period, this (like the other dockyards underwent reforms proposed by Sir Samuel Bentham
Samuel Bentham

Sir Samuel Bentham was a noted England mechanical engineering and naval architect credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, including weapons....
, Inspector-General of Naval Works. Among his innovations were Portsmouth Block Mills
Portsmouth Block Mills

The Portsmouth Block Mills form part of the Portsmouth Dockyard at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and were built during the Napoleonic Wars to supply the British Royal Navy with pulley block s....
, an early example of truly industrial scale production.

From here Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bront?, Order of the Bath was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland flag officer famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars....
, embarking on HMS Victory
HMS Victory

HMS Victory is a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, started in 1759 and launched in 1765, most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar....
, left Britain for the final time before his death at the Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
.

Victorian

HMS Warrior
HMS Warrior (1860)

HMS Warrior was the first iron-hulled, armour-plated warship, built for the Royal Navy in response to the first ironclad warship, the French La Gloire, launched a year earlier....
, the first ocean going Ironclad is moored in the dockyard.

20th Century

The first modern warship HMS Dreadnought
HMS Dreadnought (1906)

The sixth HMS Dreadnought of the Royal Navy was a battleship that revolutionised naval power when she entered service in 1906. Dreadnought represented such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the "dreadnoughts", as well as the class of ships named af...
 was built in 1906.

First World War

HMS M33
HMS M33

HMS M33 is an M29 class monitor monitor of the Royal Navy built in 1915 as part of the rapid ship construction campaign following the outbreak of World War I....
, a WWI monitor.

Second World War

The destroyer flotillas (the capital ships having been evacuated to Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Orkney Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy....
) were essential to the defence of the English Channel
English Channel

The English Channel is an Arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest, to only in the Strait of Dover....
 particularly during Operation Dynamo and against any potential German Invasion
Operation Sealion

Operation Sea Lion was Nazi Germany plan to invade the United Kingdom during World War II, beginning in 1940. The operation was postponed indefinitely on 17 September 1940....
  and the base itself served a major refit and repair role. The German military realised this importance and the city and base in particularly was heavily bombed as a result.

Portsmouth and the Naval Base itself were the headquarters and main departure point for the military and naval units destined for Sword Beach
Sword Beach

Sword Beach was the codename of one of the five main landing beaches in Operation Neptune, the initial assault phase of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944....
 on the Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
 coast as a part of Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord was the code name for the invasion of Western Front during World War II by Western Allies forces. The operation began with the Normandy Landings on 6 June 1944 , among the largest amphibious warfares ever conducted....
 and the D-Day
D-Day

D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable , designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar terms....
 Landings on 6 June 1944. Troops destined for each of the landing beaches left from Portsmouth aboard vessels such as the armed merchant cruisers HMCS Prince Henry and HMCS Prince David, escorted by the destroyers HMCS Algonquin and HMCS Sioux. The majority of the naval support for the operation left from Portsmouth, including the Mulberry Harbour
Mulberry harbour

A Mulberry harbour was a type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on the beaches during the Battle of Normandy.Two prefabricated or artificial military harbours were taken across the English Channel from UK with the invading army in sections and assembled off the coast of Normandy as part of the D-Day invasi...
s.

Post Second World War


Falklands Task Force
In 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located from the coast of Argentina, west of the Shag Rocks , and north of the British Antarctic Territory ....
. In response a task force of British military and merchant ships was dispatched from Portsmouth Naval Base (and other naval bases) to the islands in the South Atlantic to reclaim them for the United Kingdom.

The task force consisted of the following ships:
  • Two Aircraft Carriers
  • Two Landing Ship Docks
  • Eight Destroyers
  • Fifteen Frigates
  • Three Patrol Ships
  • Five Submarines
  • Three Survey Vessels
  • Five Minesweepers
  • Ten Fleet Tankers
  • Six Logistic Landing Ships
  • Five Supply Ships
  • One Helicopter Supply ship
  • Eighteen Merchant ships including troop/cruise ships such as RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
    RMS Queen Elizabeth 2

    Royal Mail Ship Queen Elizabeth 2, or simply the 'QE2', is a retired Cunard Line ocean liner, now owned by Nakheel Properties, a division of Dubai World....


Following some losses, the majority of these ships returned to Portsmouth later that year.

Trafalgar 200
In the summer of 2005 Portsmouth Naval Base and the Solent played host to two special events organised as part of the Trafalgar 200
Trafalgar 200

Trafalgar 200 was a series of events in 2005 held mostly in the United Kingdom to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, where a Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral Nelson defeated a joint Franco-Spanish fleet during the Napoleonic Wars....
 commemorations recognising the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
. These were the International Fleet Review
International Fleet Review

For a full list of ships present, see List of ships present at International Fleet Review, 2005The International Fleet Review took place on 28 June 2005, as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations to commemorate the 200th year after the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805....
 and the International Festival of the Sea.

Naval Establishments in the Portsmouth area

  • HMS Nelson
    HMNB Portsmouth

    Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth , is one of three operating bases for the Royal Navy . Portsmouth naval base is located on the eastern shore of Portsmouth Harbour and is part of the city of Portsmouth and is situated north of the Solent and Isle of Wight....
     - HM Naval Base Portsmouth, encompassing both the dockyard and the Naval Personnel Centre on Queen Street.
  • HMS Excellent - Whale Island, Portsmouth. Including the HQ of Commander in Chief Fleet (CinC FLEET); the Second Sea Lord (2SL); Naval Training facilities operated by FLAGSHIP Ltd)
  • HMS Temeraire - Portsmouth. Training of Naval Physical Training Instructors and sports grounds and facilities for Portsmouth based personnel
  • HMS Collingwood
    HMS Collingwood (establishment)

    HMS Collingwood is a stone frigate of the Royal Navy. It is the lead establishment of the Maritime Warfare School and the largest naval training organisation in Western Europe....
     - Fareham. Naval training provided mainly under contract to FLAGSHIP Ltd
  • HMS Sultan - Gosport. Naval (and tri-service) training, home of centre of excellence for mechanical and electrical engineering


Decommissioned

  • HMS Dryad
    HMS Dryad (establishment)

    HMS Dryad was a stone frigate . It was the home of the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare SchoolOriginally the establishment was based in HMNB Portsmouth....
  • HMS Dolphin
    HMS Dolphin shore-establishment

    The seventeenth Royal Navy 'ship' to be named HMS Dolphin was the RN shore establishment sited at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport. Dolphin was the home of the Royal Navy Submarine Service from 1904 to 1999, and location of the Royal Navy Submarine School....
     diesel electric submarine base
    Submarine base

    A submarine base is a military base that shelters submarines and their personnel.Examples of present-day submarine bases include HMNB Clyde, ?le Longue , Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Naval Submarine Base New London, and Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base ....
  • HMS Vernon
    HMS Vernon (shore establishment)

    HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands....
  • HMS Daedalus Fleet Air Arm base
  • Haslar Royal Military Hospital
    Royal Hospital Haslar

    The Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire, England, is one of several hospitals serving the Portsmouth Urban Area. The Royal Hospital Haslar officially closed as the last military hospital in the UK in 2007, and is now used by the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust....
  • RMB Eastney
  • Forton Barracks


Further reading

  • Stephen Courtney, Brian Patterson - Home of the Fleet: A Century of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard in Photographs (Sutton Publishing, 2005) ISBN 0-7509-2285-0


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