Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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Taken a few months ago. The tide was just at the right height (by more luck than anything!) to keep the foreground boat beached and still, whilst filling the foreground with water. Thanks very much for viewing.
Launched in 1824 HMS Unicorn is the oldest ship in Scotland and one of the six oldest ships in the world. It was originally constructed as a 46 gun frigate at Chatham Royal Dockyard in England and arrived in Dundee in 1873 as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserves, a role she carried out until the 1960s.
The Unicorn was handed over to the Unicorn Preservation Society in 1968 and opened to the public in 1975.
There are plans to move the ship to dry dock for necessary restoration and preservation after £1.11m in funding was very recently secured.
It would be nice if this work could be completed in time for HMS Unicorn's 200th birthday in 2024.
Taken at sunset during a walk of Portsmouth, Hampshire UK. HMS Warrior was the Royal Navy's first armour plated, iron hulled warship.
30th November 2015 - The Royal Navy's type 23 frigate 'HMS Sutherland' prepares to cast off and depart a very unsteady floating cruise liner terminal at Liverpools waterfront.
This morning I headed out for sunrise along the Thames but didn’t really have a shot in mind. As I was wandering I saw HMS Belfast and thought it would make a good photo.
This was taken about 30 minutes before sunrise, I made a rookie mistake by leaving the location and heading somewhere else as I didn’t think the clouds would catch and produce some colour, I was wrong. I tried to make a mad rush back but didn’t make it in time.
I still ended up with a photo I’m happy with though and there’ll always be another sunrise. I hope you like it.
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Maritime Museum and the Bucklers Hard Story, Buckler's Hard, Hampshire
HMS Gladiator was a 44-gun fifth-rate Roebuck-class ship of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 20 January 1783 by Henry Adams of Bucklers Hard. She spent her entire career on harbour service, never putting to sea. Even so, her crew earned prize money for the seizure of two Russian and five American ships. Her sessile existence made her an excellent venue for courts-martial and a number of notable ones took place aboard her. She was broken up in 1817.
HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Taken outside the Historic Boatyard, Portsmouth.
HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum. Construction of Belfast, the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the capital of Northern Ireland and one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on Saint Patrick's Day 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939, Belfast triggered a German mine and, in spite of fears that she would be scrapped, spent more than two years undergoing extensive repairs.
HMS Warrior was Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured battleship. Launched in 1860, at a time of empire and Britain’s dominance in trade and industry, Warrior was the pride of Queen Victoria’s fleet.
Powered by steam and sail, she was the largest, fastest and most powerful warship of her day and had a lasting influence on naval architecture and design. Work and life on board reflected both the changes the Royal Navy experienced as it evolved into a professional service and shifts in Victorian society.
Warrior is seen here from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.
9th May 2016 - 2 x Foxhound protected patrol vehicles sit on the cruise liner terminal in Liverpool waiting to be driven on board the Albion class assault ship HMS Bulwark.
HMS Echo (H87) was the first of two multi-role hydrographic survey ships commissioned by the Royal Navy. With her sister ship, HMS Enterprise, they formed the Echo class of survey vessels. She was built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon in 2002 and was the ninth Royal Navy vessel to carry the name.
Decommissioned in June 2022 into 'Reserve State of Readiness'.
Sailing in The Hamoaze en route to HMNB Devonport.
The Hamoaze is an estuarine stretch of the tidal River Tamar.
The ninth and current HMS Severn is a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Named after the River Severn, the ship is the first to bear the name in 56 years.
Pennant number P282 was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton to serve as fishery protection units within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Tyne. All three were commissioned into service in 2003.
Taken in Sydney Harbour. Built in 1994 and is berthed alongside the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney Harbour. Recreation of Captain Cook's ship
HMS Warrior was Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured battleship. Launched in 1860, at a time of empire and Britain’s dominance in trade and industry, Warrior was the pride of Queen Victoria’s fleet. The vessel was a steam-powered armoured frigate with 116 guns, 80 of which were behind armour.
HMS Warrior was rescued in the 1980s, restored and brought back home to Portsmouth and is owned by Warrior Preservation Trust, an independent charity.
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HMS Belfast, Tower Bridge and The Tower of London - Three world famous attractions along the River Thames split-toned and desaturated in LR6 to give the image a slight yesteryear feel.
HMS Warrior was Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured battleship. Launched in 1860, at a time of empire and Britain’s dominance in trade and industry, Warrior was the pride of Queen Victoria’s fleet. The vessel was a steam-powered armoured frigate with 116 guns, 80 of which were behind armour.
HMS Scott is a new Royal Navy ocean survey vessel. She is named after the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott.
6th July 2016 - HMS Pembroke (M107) a Sandown-class minehunter of the Royal Navy leaves the Canning Dock in Liverpool.
25th April, ANZAC Day
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HMS New Zealand was provided by the people of New Zealand and took part in the Battle of Jutland, one hundred years ago this year.
As you know, I was on a little jolly last weekend, and after visiting Winchester on Saturday I headed to Chichester and Portsmouth on Sunday.
We started the day off in Chichester so I could get a few shots of the cathedral, then headed to Portsmouth for sunset and a wander around. I'll post my cathedral shots later as I've just bored you with the ones from Winchester.
I was based in Portsmouth for a while while I was in the Navy, but I've not been there for over 15 years and it's changed a great deal. It was strange being back there and seeing how much it had changed!!
My first stop was HMS Warrior, I wanted to get a shot of this at sunset but as the cloud was moving away from the ship I changed location. Still, I got one shot of it with some moody cloud and light behind it.
HMS Warrior was Britain's first Iron hulled armoured battleship, built in 1860 it was the largest, fastest and most powerful warship of her day and had a lasting influence on naval architecture and design. Warrior was the pride of Queen Victoria's fleet.
Entering HM Naval Base Plymouth. Taken from Mount Wise, Devonport.
Based in Plymouth, HMS Argyll is the longest-serving Type 23 frigate in the Royal Navy. Built in the late 1980s at the Yarrow Yard in Scotstoun on the Clyde (now BAE Systems), she was commissioned in 1991.
HMS Belfast moored on the Thames near Tower Bridge.
“HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.”
HMS Warrior was a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–61. Equipped with steam power propulsion , she could sail with the propeller raised in the hull and the funnels lowered to reduce drag. With a crew of 706 officers and enlisted men. Weighting 9210 tons with her sails measuring 37,546 feet she once made a top speed of 17.5 knots
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A sloop of the Victorian Royal Navy, HMS Gannet was built on the River Medway at Sheerness in 1878. Designed to patrol the world’s oceans, she ‘flew the flag’ protecting British interests around the world. She saw service in the South Pacific, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
Powered by both sail and steam, with a hull constructed from stout teak planking on a strong iron frame, this highly significant vessel forms part of the United Kingdom’s core national collection of historic ships.
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The HMS Wellington is a former Royal Navy Grimsby-Class anti submarine sloop moored on the Thames River at Temple Pier, London, England, UK. The ship dates to 1934 and saw service in WWII as a convoy escort. The ship is 81.1 metres (266 ft.) in length.
HMS Warrior (Britains first ironclad warship) in Portsmouth's historic dockyard, Hampshire, England. Built in 1860, she was steam powered.
HMS Cattistock, the third ship of this name, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1981 and commissioned on 5 March 1982, the third ship of her class.
HMS Hood seen here on 9th January 1920 at the East Wharf of John Brown & Company, Clydebank, shortly before she left the yard for Rosyth
Note the two covering plates over the torpedo tubes. Also because of delays in her completion, and then urgency in getting her to Rosyth, Hood never received her final coat of paint at Clydebank as this photograph documents.
The shipyard diary for November and December 1919 states;
7th November 1919;
Progress on all outside work during this past month has been seriously impeded owing to the most unusual severity of the weather for a full fortnight in the middle of this month, for not only was there heavy snow but the thermometer frequently registered in the middle of the day from 15 to 19 degrees of frost.
On Hood, the third barbette and guns are now erected on board, and the fourth barbette has just been delivered and a commencement has been made with the erection of same. Satisfactory progress is being made with all internal work, especially electrical work and ventilation. The rigging of masts and derricks is making good progress.
Due to the weights being on board, the machinery has now been entirely set up and it is proposed to have a basin trial on 9th December.
A conference is being arranged for Friday 28th November as to whether the fitting of guns and other parts of the armament will admit of the ship leaving this yard on 9th January.
18 December 1919;
The fourth barbette with guns and gun shields is now erected on board. The basin trial of the engines took place on 9 and 19 December and it is now being officially arranged that the vessel shall leave Clydebank dock at mid-day on Friday 9th January.
HMS President (1918) (formerly HMS Saxifrage) is a retired Flower-class Q-ship that was launched in 1918. She was renamed HMS President in 1922 and moored permanently on the Thames as a Royal Navy Reserve drill ship. In 1982 she was sold to private owners and, having changed hands twice, served as a venue for conferences and functions as well as the offices for a number of media companies. She has been moved to Chatham on the Medway in Kent since 2016, but is due to return to the capital.