Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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Wide angle image looking towards HMS Caroline, the remarkable First World War ship. HMS Caroline is located at Alexandra Dock, Queens Rd, Belfast in the heart of Titanic Quarter.
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.
HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy. Warrior was Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured battleship and was 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.
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.
HMS Belfast is a museum ship, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, permanently moored in London on the River Thames and operated by the Imperial War Museum.
HMS Alliance (P417/S67) is a Royal Navy A-class, Amphion-class or Acheron-class submarine, laid down towards the end of the Second World War and completed in 1947. The submarine is the only surviving example of the class, having been a memorial and museum ship since 1981.
The Amphion-class submarines were designed for use in the Far East, where the size of the Pacific Ocean made long-range, high surface speed and relative comfort for the crew important features to allow for much larger patrol areas and longer periods at sea than British submarines operating in the Atlantic or Mediterranean had to contend with.
The submarine is open to visitors at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport.
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 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.
From London Bridge with Tower Bridge in the background. Apparently its guns are trained on Newport Pagnell service station on the M1 motorway. Maybe they had a dodgy sausage roll there once.
HMS Belfast is a museum ship, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, permanently moored in London on the River Thames and operated by the Imperial War Museum.
Bow on view of the light cruiser HMS Caroline in Belfast. The last survivpr of the battle of Jutland.
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.
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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.
Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland heading into Portsmouth Harbour. This Devonport-based frigate is the eighth vessel to bear the name, and is the fifteenth of the sixteen ships in the 'Duke' class of frigates. She was commissioned into service in 2001, and underwent a major refit in 2018-21, including the installation of the Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missile system, along with new radars and sonar. Portland has recently been shadowing ships of a Russian task group in the North Sea.
Edit 4th Feb. It was reported in the national news this morning that HMS Portland was diverted to HMNB Portsmouth yesterday for medical care of a number of personnel on board. Apparently this follows accidental chemical contamination of the drinking water purification system.
HMS Warrior was built for the Royal Navy between 1859 and 1861 and the first British iron clad warship. It was seen as a deterrent to the British governments concern over possible war with France and Spain.
Today, she is a tourist attraction moored in Portsmouth, Hampshire and part of the Historic Naval Dockyard which also includes Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory and King Henry VIII’s Mary Rose.
HMS Scott is a new Royal Navy ocean survey vessel. She is named after the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott.
HMS Duncan is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy and launched in 2010. The ship is seen at Portsmouth after completing a seven-month NATO deployment.
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.
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.
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.
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 (1860) in Portsmouth historic dockyard. The pride of Queen Victoria, Warrior revolutionised warship construction. Powered by steam and sail, she was the largest and fastest ship of her day. Her most radical innovation was her citadel - an armoured box housing her guns.
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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The HMS Corsair is a xebec-frigate taken from corsairs off Guelph by Corlander cruisers. Her sailing qualities were such that she was purchased into the service. She carries 14 9-pounders, and while that armament is light for a frigate, she makes up for it in maneuverability. The large lateen combined with square sails (known as a polacre-rig) makes her an excellent sea boat, particularly close to the wind, allowing her to eat the wind out of any square rigger. In a calm, her light construction allows the effective use of sweeps, long oars deployed through ports designed for the specific purpose.