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| Countdown to Meet Your Navy | |
Prepare to be amazed this weekend as Portsmouth Naval Base launches its long awaited summer spectacular, Meet Your Navy.
The three day event is sure to wow the crowds as Portsmouth Naval Base plays host to visiting ships, dazzling displays and a full programme of music and entertainment.
Thousands of visitors are expecte... |
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| 23rd July 2008 | FULL STORY  |
| Pompey Expects! | |
The unlikely alliance of two major events the FA Cup and the Battle of Trafalgar was famously captured by the Portsmouth News as an innovative image on their front page on Saturday 17th May, the same day that Harry Redknapp marched his team to glory in the FA Cup Final at Wembley.
The Royal Naval Museum gratefully received... |
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| 18th July 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Historic Dockyard welcomes visiting Anglican Bishops | |
Anglican Bishops from Ghana and the United States will be given a special tour of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The tour is part of their 5 day stay in the Diocese. During their afternoon visit on July 15th, they will enjoy lunch in the Captain’s cabin onboard HMS Warrior 1860 and then tour both Warrior and HMS Victory. Of part... |
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| 15th July 2008 | FULL STORY |
| The Vikings have arrived at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | |
The Vikings have arrived at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. From Friday 11 – Sunday 13 July, there will be a rare opportunity for visitors to step on board a Viking longship, the Sea Stallion, as it makes its only mainland UK stopover on its voyage around the south of England, from Ireland to Denmark.
The Sea Stallion, w... |
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| 11th July 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Rare opportunity to step on board a Viking longship at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | |
A Viking longship is to make a special appearance at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard from Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 July as it makes its only mainland UK stopover on its voyage around the south of England, from Denmark.
The Sea Stallion Glenadlough, which is a reconstruction of the 30 metre long warship, Skuldelev 2- wreck, found on t... |
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| 30th June 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Falkland Heroes inspires radio broadcasting win for UK Journalist | |
Last year's 25th anniversary of the Falklands War has inspired an international radio broadcast win for Kim Michaels, formerly of the south’s radio station Wave 105.
Kim has picked up the Silver World award in the ‘Best documentary’ category at the prestigious New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards. Hundre... |
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| 24th June 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Lights of Historic Dockyard guide charity walkers on their way. | |
The Historic Dockyard is lighting up especially for a charity walk this weekend as The Rowan’s Hospice holds its inaugural 12 mile Moonlit Memories walk through the city starting at midnight on June 21st.
Those walking the route and their supporters will have the rare opportunity of seeing HMS Victory, the Porter’s Garden, the G... |
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| 19th June 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Volunteering to be topic of free talk at the Mary Rose Museum | |
The Mary Rose Museum will be hosting a free and informal talk on the role of their volunteers on Thursday 19 June at 12 noon at the Mary Rose Museum theatre.
The talk will show the varied and interesting roles that a volunteer plays at the museum and is the perfect opportunity for all those thinking of becoming a volunteer to ge... |
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| 16th June 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Mary Rose Museum receives nationally recognised Family Friendly Award | |
The Mary Rose Museum has been nationally recognised as a ‘Family Friendly Museum’, which acknowledges those museums offering a combination of culture, education and something for the children.
The museum, which attracts thousands of families each year, was commended by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, South East for i... |
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| 3rd June 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Model boat displays at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard embody Britain’s maritime history | |
Following the success of the inaugural Model Boat Weekend last year, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will once again play host to a fasinating display of model boats.
Dating from the days of the nineteenth century West African Squadron to the Falklands Conflict, model boats will be on display&nbs... |
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| 31st July 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Rare Mary Rose sword goes on display | |
Twenty five years after it was retrieved from the bed of the Solent from the Mary Rose, a rare 16th century basket-hilted sword has been put on display for the first time.
The Right Worshipful The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth Councillor Mike Blake officially opened the display of the basket-hilted sword, arguably one of the mos... |
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| 26th July 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard invites visitors to join in a programme of family entertainment during summer holidays | |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is hosting a full programme of activities throughout the summer holidays to ensure that visitors of all ages get the most out of their visit.
There will be a puppet show, storytelling, children’s workshops, street performance and live music in and around the world famous warships, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 186... |
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| 16th July 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Joint statement on proposed Portsmouth Football Club development | |
| JOINT PRESS STATEMENT BY PORTSMOUTH NAVAL BASE PROPERTY TRUST AND PORTSMOUTH HISTORIC DOCKYARD LTD The Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ship and museum trusts welcome the concept of some sort of development to regenerate the area between Gunwharf Quays and the Dockyard, which is at present a run-down and neglected part of the exi... | |
| 16th July 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Mary Rose Trust submits new bid to Heritage Lottery Fund | |
Staff from the Mary Rose Trust have completed their detailed work on a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a major grant of £21 million to complete the conservation of the ship and her contents, and to build a new museum to house them. The application was delivered to the HLF at the end of June.
The bid is the result... |
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| 28th June 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard celebrates cultural legacy of Africa | |
In the year of the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, African Legacy Weekend highlights the cultural legacy of Africa.
The event takes place on Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 July 10.00am - 4.30pm. The rich and diverse cultural legacy of Africa will be represented with music, food, art and da... |
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| 15th June 2007 | FULL STORY |
| 25th Anniversary of the Raising of the Mary Rose celebrated with battefield tours | |
| The Mary Rose Trust will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose in July and the day will include a memorial service, tour on foot and a tour on water, commemorating the story of the Mary Rose’s final moments before sinking off Portsmouth in 1545. The commemorations will begin with a poignant memorial ... | |
| 11th June 2007 | FULL STORY |
| BIRTHDAY LUNCH FOR VETERAN IN HMS VICTORY | |
| The oldest Royal Navy veteran and member of the WW1 Royal Naval Air Service(RNAS) Mr Henry Allingham is to celebrate his 111th birthday on board HMS Victory at Portsmouth on Wednesday, June 6. Mr Allingham was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and became a founder member of the Royal Air Force when it was formed from the R... | |
| 6th June 2007 | FULL STORY |
| German Navy collect historic ship’s bell on anniversary of Battle of Jutland | |
The bell of a First World War German battleship that has been housed in a Portsmouth museum for 80 years was returned to the German Navy in a ceremony onboard a German Naval ship in Portsmouth Naval Base – on the 91st anniversary of the Battle of Jutland.
The bell is from SMS Oldenburg, a Helgoland battleship that was launched ... |
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| 4th June 2007 | FULL STORY |
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