Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

The National Museum of the Royal Navy was first opened in Portsmouth in 1911.{{cite web |url=http://www.nmrn.org.uk/about-nmrn |title=About Us |publisher= National Museum of the Royal Navy |access-date=8 June 2018}} It changed its name to the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth to reflect its expanded responsibilities over the Royal Marines Museum, the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, the Fleet Air Arm Museum and Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower.

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The following ships and historic vessels are displayed at the dockyard:

• {{HMS|Victory}}, the flagship of Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. She has been open to the public for nearly 200 years, and has been in her current dry dock since 1922.{{cite web |url=http://www.hms-victory.com/history |title=HMS Victory |website=www.hms-victory.com |access-date=8 June 2018}}{{coord|50|48|7|N|1|6|35|W|name=HMS Victory}}
• HMS Warrior, the world's first armour-plated, iron-hulled warship when she was launched in 1860. She was opened to the public in 1987.{{cite web |url=http://www.hmswarrior.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009221054/http://www.hmswarrior.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 October 1999 |website=www.hmswarrior.org |title=HMS Warrior |access-date=8 June 2018}}{{coord|50|47|53.88|N|1|6|33.84|W|name=HMS Warrior}}
• {{HMS|M33}}, a First World War monitor. She was opened to the public on 7 August 2015.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/oct/20/only-remaining-ship-from-first-world-war-gallipoli-landing-opened-to-public |title=Only remaining ship from first world war Gallipoli landing opened to public |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=18 March 2025 |date=20 October 2014}}{{coord|50|48|6.7|N|1|6|38.34|W|name=HMS M33}}
• The remains of the Mary Rose, a warship of the Tudor navy, which sank in 1545 and was salvaged in 1982. One-third of the hull survives and has been on display in a museum since May 2013. From 1983 to 2009, the ship was displayed in a temporary structure on the same site. The museum also displays thousands of artefacts recovered from the shipwreck.{{cite web |url=http://www.maryrose.org/ |title=Mary Rose |website=www.maryrose.org |access-date=8 June 2018}}{{coord|50|47|59|N|1|6|24|W|name=Mary Rose}}
• Coastal Boat 4, a First World War torpedo boat. Coastal Motor Boat 4 (CMB 4) is the torpedo boat used when Lieutenant Augustus Agar earned a Victoria Cross for the sinking of the Soviet cruiser Oleg moored off Kotlin Island, near Kronstadt, on June 17, 1919.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy is host to many original Naval artefacts, including one of the original sails from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The Trafalgar Experience is an interactive walk-through gallery detailing the Battle of Trafalgar, ending with a panorama painted by William Lionel Wyllie.{{cite web |title=Wyllie's Panorama of Trafalgar |publisher=National Museum of the Royal Navy |url=http://www.nmrn-portsmouth.org.uk/wl-wyllies-panorama-trafalgar |access-date=8 June 2018}}

Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust (the "Trust") is responsible for the maintenance and the upkeep of all historic buildings within the heritage footprint of the Historic Dockyard, and operates an ongoing programme of conservation.{{cite web |url=http://www.pnbpropertytrust.org/ |title=Welcome |publisher=Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust |access-date=8 June 2018}} In addition, The Trust founded the Memorial Flotilla, the finest collection of small boats involved in late 19th and 20th century conflicts, as well as the International Boatbuilding Training College (IBTC), in Boathouse 4,{{cite web |title=Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: Boathouse 4 |url=https://historicdockyard.co.uk/discover/ |website=www.historicdockyard.co.uk |access-date=18 March 2025}} where traditional boat building skills are taught. A large volunteer force is engaged on the restoration and operation of the Trust’s historic collection of boats. The Trust is also managing the regeneration of the 30 acre site at Priddy's Hard, Gosport. The first development phase is due for completion in the summer of 2021, with the restoration of the ramparts and seven listed buildings, to include a new Coastal Forces Museum, micro-brewery, pub

restaurant and holiday let. Thirty new homes will also be built this year with a further major development phase to follow in the near future.

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