News in September 2009

Customer Service Celebrated At Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Customer Service Celebrated At Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Visitors to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard are being invited to shine the spotlight on visitor centre and sales staff who go the extra mile within their customer service role, as part of National Customer Services Week   As part of a national campaign, National Customer Services Week runs from 5-11 October and is designed to raise aw...
29th September 2009 FULL STORY View Full Story 
Public Launch of The National Museum of the Royal Navy
Public Launch of The National Museum of the Royal Navy The National Museum of the Royal Navy was today launched with a broadside of 64 cannons from HMS Victory.    Speaking at the launch, Baroness Taylor (Under Secretary of State and Minister for International Defence and Security) stated:   “In a society where direct experience of Service life and culture has naturally...
18th September 2009 FULL STORY View Full Story 
Royal Naval Museum acquires 'scrimshaw' revealing African role in suppression of slave trade
Royal Naval Museum acquires 'scrimshaw' revealing African role in suppression of slave trade A rare object revealing the little-known role played by black Africans in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade has gone on show at the Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in time for Black History Month (October).   The scrimshaw, which is a type of inscribed keepsake usually made from whale or walrus ivory...
16th September 2009 FULL STORY View Full Story 
Rolf Harris: My Visit to the Mary Rose - Amazing ...
Rolf Harris: My Visit to the Mary Rose - Amazing ... Everyone is flocking to see the Mary Rose hull before she disappears temporarily from view later this month and popular artist and entertainer Rolf Harris is no exception! This is his blog on his website (www.rolfharris.com/events/maryrose.html): MY VISIT TO THE MARY ROSE ..... by Rolf Harris If you miss the deadline of viewi...
8th September 2009 FULL STORY View Full Story 
HMS Warrior 1860 celebrates 30th Re-Birthday!
HMS Warrior 1860 celebrates 30th Re-Birthday! Thirty years ago today (3rd September, 2009) HMS Warrior embarked on an exciting journey to be restored to her former glory, before coming to rest as an iconic landmark at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.   HMS Warrior, launched in 1860, was the ultimate deterrent of her day.  She represented a giant leap forward in naval archite...
3rd September 2009 FULL STORY View Full Story 
Final stages of preserving the Mary Rose for all time are about to get underway
Final stages of preserving the Mary Rose for all time are about to get underway Visitors have less than one month to see Henry VIII’s Tudor warship, The Mary Rose, before she is withdrawn temporarily from view until 2012. The Mary Rose is one of South East England’s top visitor attractions and over 8 million people have visited her  since she was raised from the seabed in 1982.   From 21st September 2009...
1st September 2009 FULL STORY View Full Story