| Last Operational World War II Motor Boats Saved For The Nation | |
Two of the last remaining fully operational high-speed World War II motor boats have been saved for the nation today by Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust[*], with the help of a £580,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF).
When built, they were among the fastest boats of their type in the world. One of... |
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| 9th February 2010 | FULL STORY  |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard sailing the BBC airwaves over the weekend! | |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard became the star of the small screen once again on Friday, featuring on both BBC ONE and BBC TWO!
Firstly, comedian and presenter Arthur Smith discovered what it was like to spend the night aboard HMS Victory as he followed in the footsteps of Admiral Lord Nelson for BBC One’s The One Show.
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| 8th February 2010 | FULL STORY |
| The Hero Inside – Photographic Exhibition | |
17th February – 2nd March 2010
FREE TO VISIT
In support of Help for Heroes, Gill Shaw’s photographic exhibition is a thought-provoking and emotional record of experiences and traumas on the battlefield and at home, because Gill Shaw, celebrity photographer, is also Gill Shaw, the soldier’s mum.
Visitors to Portsmouth H... |
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| 4th February 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Arthur Smith Spends the Night on HMS Victory for BBC’s THE ONE SHOW | |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will be the star of the small screen once again this Friday, when comedian and presenter Arthur Smith discovers what it is like to spend the night aboard HMS Victory as he follows in the footsteps of Admiral Lord Nelson for BBC One’s The One Show.
Filmed as part of a series of features on The One Sho... |
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| 3rd February 2010 | FULL STORY |
| 150 Years of Steam and Speed in Celebration at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | |
Compare 150 years of steam technology from the launch of sail and steam powered warship, HMS Warrior 1860, who when built was quite simply bigger, faster and more heavily armoured than any other warship afloat; to a special appearance of the 2009 land speed record-breaking British Steam Car, along with its dynamic team! Plus, fo... |
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| 28th January 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Captain Scott - Antarctic Explorer, covered in snow once more | |
This January, heavy snowfalls added an air of authenticity to the statue of famous Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, by the main entrance of the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
The statue’s frosty decoration is not only picturesque but timely as 100 years ago Scott was preparing for his ill-fated, second Antarctic expedition... |
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| 25th January 2010 | FULL STORY |
| The BOND Continues for Portsmouth and the Great South Run | |
Iconic movie actress Britt Ekland led the team for the Alzheimer’s Society at the launch of the 21st Bupa Great South Run yesterday, alongside former football manager, Lawrie McMenemy. With a stunning cake in tow of fun runners in front of the iconic HMS Victory, the organisers promised to make the event a celebration to remember when the... |
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| 22nd January 2010 | FULL STORY |
| The Mary Rose Museum and Royal Naval Museum feature in BBC’s A History of the World | |
BBC Radio Solent and museums across the county have today (Monday 18 January) revealed the list of 10 objects they have chosen to tell a history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and their place in the world. The list of 10 objects can be seen on the BBC Local site for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire, including t... |
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| 18th January 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to star in new BBC Documentary Series | |
For centuries the Royal Navy has strived to help make Britain one of the world's great maritime superpowers. Now in a new BBC documentary series Empire of the Seas, starting on BBC TWO on 15 January 9-10pm, historian and avid sailor Dan Snow visits the various attractions at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and around the coast, to go beyond ... |
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| 13th January 2010 | FULL STORY |
| HMS Victory came to No2 Dry Dock in Portsmouth 88 Years Ago | |
88 years ago on the 12th January 1922, HMS VICTORY was moved into her final resting place of Number 2 Dock, His Majesty’s Dockyard Portsmouth, and the work of preservation and reversing many decades of neglect began, making it the magnificent sight that greets visitors to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard today.
HMS Victory was laun... |
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| 11th January 2010 | FULL STORY |
