| Budding scuba divers encouraged to ‘Try Dive’ outside the Mary Rose Museum | |
| Visitors to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard can learn what is was like to be a diver discovering the Mary Rose as they are encouraged to take part in a scuba diving challenge, ''Try Dive,'' outside the Mary Rose Museum, on Saturday 1 – Sunday 2 August. In the shadow of the Mary Rose Museum and in front of Henry VIII himse... | |
| 28th July 2009 | FULL STORY  |
| Military Power Boats Speed In To Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | |
She is part of our distinguished naval history, having served alongside aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and now Fast Motor Boat (FMB) 43957 who came to rest on the 7th May 2009 in her restored glory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, has been joined by the RAF’s Sea Plane Tender (ST) 1502 and will later be joined by a motor di... |
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| 23rd July 2009 | FULL STORY |
| HMS Warrior 1860 Quartermaster receives commendation | |
John Bray, the latest addition to the Quartermaster staff onboard HMS Warrior 1860, has been awarded a Certificate of Meritorious Service for his dedicated service to the Sea Cadet Corps and to the Woking Unit TS Dianthus.
John completed his service at Woking in 2008 after 13 years in the Corps, with the final ten... |
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| 21st July 2009 | FULL STORY |
| Lights, Camera, Action Stations! Re-launch of No6. Cinema | |
The hidden treasure that is the No6. Cinema in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, is being re-launched on Saturday 18 July 2009, with the support of the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust and Action Stations.
The cinema, which is managed and programmed by Simon Middleton and Siri Furness, has a policy of screening world cinema''s be... |
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| 9th July 2009 | FULL STORY |
| Heart-rending letter from survivor of HMS Victoria to be displayed in the Royal Naval Museum | |
The loss of HMS Victoria is perhaps one of the most famous Naval disasters in history. During close manoeuvres on a clear sunny afternoon on June 22nd, 1893, she collided with HMS Camperdown and sank off the coast of Tripoli, taking the lives of over 300 crewmen. 116 years later, a letter dated one ‘Sunday afternoon, 9th July [18]93’ has ... |
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| 7th July 2009 | FULL STORY |
| Royal Navy's newest warship opens up to visitors at Royal Navy Past And Present | |
The Royal Navy’s newest warship throws open its hatches to the public this summer, 250 years after the keel of the world’s most famous warship, HMS Victory was laid.
Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring[1] will be open for two days on July 18th and 19th as part of Royal Navy Past and Present, a two day event hosted jointly by Portsmouth ... |
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| 6th July 2009 | FULL STORY |
| Winning Joy for the Mary Rose Trust | |
Joy Critcher, a volunteer at the Mary Rose Trust is the winner of the inaugural South East regional Marsh Award for Museum Learning.
In a fantastic celebration of volunteering last week, Joy attended the award ceremony at The British Museum to collect her prize and certificate. The judges were particularly impressed by the contr... |
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| 1st July 2009 | FULL STORY |
