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Signage on Boathouse 4. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is an area of HM Naval Base Portsmouth which is open to the public; it contains several historic buildings and ships. It is managed by the National Museum of the Royal Navy as an umbrella organization representing five charities: the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, the Mary Rose Trust ...
Stern of HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard; Camera manufacturer: Canon: Camera model: Canon EOS R5: Exposure time: 1/500 sec (0.002) F-number: f/8: ISO speed rating: 100: Date and time of data generation: 12:46, 22 April 2023: Lens focal length: 18 mm: Latitude: 50° 48′ 7.36″ N: Longitude: 1° 6′ 34.13″ W: Short title: Stern ...
The Naval Base Commander (NBC) since June 2022 is Commodore John Voyce. The harbour is under the control of the King's Harbour Master (KHM), who is the regulatory authority of the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth, an area of approximately 50 square miles (130 km 2) that encompasses Portsmouth Harbour and the Eastern Solent.
HMS M33 is located within Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and opened to visitors on 7 August 2015 following a service of dedication. She is one of only three surviving Royal Navy warships of the First World War and the only surviving Allied ship from the Gallipoli Campaign , the other being the Ottoman minelayer Nusret , preserved in Çanakkale .
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line.With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. [Note 1] She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759.
HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the world's oldest naval ship still in commission, is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions. Most of the city's landmarks and tourist attractions are related to its naval history. They include the D-Day Story in Southsea, which contains the 83-metre-long (272 ft) Overlord Embroidery.
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The walls of Portsmouth and the dockyard in 1773. The dockyard is to the north of the town and separated from it by the mill pond. To the East of the town is the Little Morass, an area of marshland. The fortifications of Portsmouth are extensive due to its strategic position on the English Channel and role as home to the Royal Navy.