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Priddy's Hard is a former military installation in Gosport on the south coast of England, named for the original landowner and the firm beach found there. The site originated as a 1750s fort , and then became an armaments depot for Royal Navy and British Army weapons, explosives and other stores.
W N Mansfield (1995), "Priddy's Hard 1846 – 1906 – The site impact of the introduction of modern chemical explosives" – BSc (Hons) Archaeology dissertation. Semark, H.W. (1997). The Royal Naval Armaments Depots of Priddy's Hard, Elson, Frater and Bedebham (Gosport, Hampshire) 1768 to 1977 .
The Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower is situated in the former Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Priddy's Hard, in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It now forms part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. [1] The museum includes a wide variety of exhibits ranging from the 18th century to the present day.
The modern depot was formed in 1977 after Priddy's Hard was decommissioned, with the transfer completed in 1988. The move established the Royal Naval Armament Depot Gosport as a merger of the three smaller facilities. In 1997 RNAD Gosport was moved under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence as DM Gosport. [10]
Hampshire shown in England Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) There are over 9000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of the 215 Grade I listed buildings in the county of Hampshire. There are also five Grade I listed parks and gardens which are not listed here ...
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Priddy's Hard [8] [9] about 1850 about 1960 18 in (457 mm) and also later 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Gosport, England: Ammunition transport railway, within the Royal Naval Armaments Depot, between store houses and piers. Eight battery-electric locomotives were used after 1929. Chatham Dockyard [10] 1860s 1930s 18 in (457 mm) Chatham, England