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16 sensational images taking you back to shaping of modern Portsmouth in 1979

Boathouse 6 which is home to No6 Cinema and Action Stations in the Historic Dockyard

Royal Marines Museum plans clear first hurdle for Lottery funding bid

Boathouse 6 which is home to No6 Cinema and Action Stations in the Historic Dockyard

Fundraiser for new Royal Marines Museum at Historic Dockyard

Howard Bidmead alongside the figure depicting his father Bill, who served during D-Day and was one of the soldiers to return from the attacks in 1944. Picture: Matt Scott-Joynt

Son recounts father's memories of D-Day as figure of him displayed

The Princess Royal (3rd right) during a visit to see the HMS Victory Conservation Project at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Princess Anne surveys £35m restoration of HMS Victory

The Last Post is played during an Anzac Day service of remembrance on board HMS M.33, the sole-surviving ship from the Gallipoli campaign

Anzac Day commemorated on board last ship of Gallipoli campaign

HMS Warrior 1860 at dusk at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Credit: C Stephens

Historic Dockyard celebrates Pompey victory with discounts for locals

Unique exhibition tells the story of the Normandy Landings through 80 objects

HMS Warrior 1860 at dusk at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Credit: C Stephens

Portsmouth tourist attraction named among UK's best

Lt Cdr Elliott Brown, Royal Navy, STEM Ambassador for the RN celebrating the new sponsorship with Doug Umbers, MD of Serco’s UK Defence business

Defence company becomes co-sponsor of NMRN's Stem programme

The HMS Martin figurehead at HMS Nelson Wardroom, left, and the HMS Seaflower figurehead. Both figureheads pictured before restoration. Picture: Portsmouth City Council

HMS Nelson figureheads restored to former glory

Flashback - Chat Over Chai members at the Historic Dockyard, July 2022. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Diwali celebrations set to light up the National Museum of the Royal Navy

History enthusiasts can visit Southea’s roofless Royal Garrison Church - which recently reopened to the public following rennovations. Take a walk along the Southsea seafront where you can also visit Southsea castle. During its rich history, the church has acted as a 13th century hospital, a Tudor armoury, and the site of the royal wedding between Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662. Entry is free.

Heritage open days - full list of local sites you can visit

Volunteers want to digitally archive your family's WW2 stories and objects!

Navy Museum event aims to preserve Second World War memories

The very first submarine commissioned by the Royal Navy HMS Holland 1. Picture: NMRN

‘Creativity Unwrapped’ – ever-popular Heritage Open Days

The ever-popular Heritage Open Days is returning next month alongside a brand-new theme of “Creativity Unwrapped”.

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HMS Bronington in her prime: Pic Royal Navy

Royal Navy's HMS Bronington: Historic warship set for 'plum site' in Portsmouth

The National Museum of the Royal Navy's director general, professor Dominic Tweddle (right), and head of collections and research, Louisa Blight, look at a rare collection of Spanish Armada Maps on display for the first time. Picture date: Tuesday June 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story HERITAGE Armada. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

'Rare' Spanish Armada maps to go on display for the first time

Seen from the view of the BL 14-inch (360 mm) Mark VII guns of the forward A turret of HMS Prince of Wales, a King George V-class battleship, a British Army military band performs a concert for the Royal Navy crew on 4th December 1941 at anchor in Sembawang naval dockyard, Singapore. On 10th December 1941 in the South China Sea off Malaya (present-day Malaysia), HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 840 sailors from both ships were lost in the engagement including Captain John Leach, Captain of HMS Prince of Wales. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chinese barge detained as historic Royal Navy warship wreckages looted

Conservators from the National Museum of the Royal Navy move the Kellet Sledge flag after it was taken out of it's frame for inspection at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Hampshire. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire.

Flag used during hunt for Franklin polar expedition survivors saved in campaign

Nikhil Ahluwalia alongside ‘Appreciating the Situation’ prior to its conservation.

'Mysterious' painting of Indian sailor unveiled at Navy museum

Connie Sheeran is a Historic Ship Rigger at the NMRN. Connie believes that the sky is the limit for women, being the only female worker on HMS Warrior, Connie says that size and strength doesn’t matter if you are confident in your skills and technique.

Meet the Portsmouth dockyard women breaking up the boys' club

The Kellett sledge flag is made from silk, measures 595 by 885 mm within a frame of 710 by 995mm. The maker is unknown. The motto translates to Help From Above. Picture: NMRN

National Museum of the Royal Navy leads fight to save Captain Kellet sledge flag

Half-term highlights: six amazing family-friendly ways to entertain all ages in Portsmouth this month

Ad Feature Half-term highlights: family-friendly fun in Portsmouth

HMS Warrior lights up for Christmas at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

The HMS Martin figurehead at HMS Nelson Wardroom, left, and the HMS Seaflower figurehead Picture: Portsmouth City Council

HMS Nelson wardroom figureheads in Portsmouth will be taken down and restored

Rare intimate letters and documents penned by Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson feature in a temporary display, Nelson In His Own Words: Treasures from the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, now open at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard until 16 April 2023.

Rare letters by Lord Nelson to his lover go on display in new exhibition

RARE intimate letters written by Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, including notes to his lover Emma Hamilton, have gone on display to mark Trafalgar Day – October 21.

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Member of staff from The National Museum of Royal Navy and Brigadier Jock Fraser MBE ADC signing the ‘deed of gift’ document.

Royal Navy museum in Portsmouth gifted 8,000 rare artefacts from HMS Invincible

The HMS Martin figurehead at HMS Nelson Wardroom, left, and the HMS Seaflower figurehead Picture: Portsmouth City Council

Historic figureheads at HMS Nelson's wardroom in Portsmouth could be removed

Marine Jim Wren and the bell of HMS Repulse. Picture: NMRN

HMS Repulse survivor, 102, gives speech in Portsmouth

A great day out for all ages. Picture credit National Museum of the Royal Navy

Ad Feature Family summer holiday ideas at Portsmouth’s Dockyard

Conservation work on historic HMS Victory enters 'significant phase'

See King Henry VIII's favourite ship the Mary Rose

Ad Feature Enjoy a right royal May half-term at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard!

HMS Antrim

Key members of Falklands veteran ship HMS Antrim to reunite

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited the unique D-Day survivor LCT 7074 at the D-Day Story in Southsea, on Thursday, April 21. Picture: Sarah Standing (210422-4820)

Princess Anne inaugurates LCT 7074 at D-Day Story museum

Kate Braun, curator at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, looks at a naval uniform which once belonged to the Duke of Edinburgh as it goes on display at the "Her Majesty's Service, The Queen's role at the heart of the Royal Navy family" exhibition at the National Museum Of The Royal Navy, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Naval uniform worn by Prince Phillip to go on display in museum

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Flagships Taking Centre Stage this summer with the opening of the Mary Rose’s 1545 - When Their World Ended Picture: Antonio Salgado/Capturise

Historic dockyard sees a huge visitors boom as it bounces back from the pandemic

Images showing how the former Royal Marines Museum in Eastney is due to look as part of a planning application to transform it into Portsmouth's first five-star hotel.

New images show how old Royal Marines Museum will become a new five-star hotel

D-Day Landing Craft survivor and museum re-opens to the public in Portsmouth Landing Craft Tank LCT 7074 is the last surviving example of more than 800 tank-carrying landing craft that served at D-Day on 6 June 1944.

Team honoured for 'breath-taking' effort to save D-Day landing craft tank

Culture secretary Oliver Dowden, left, chats with an historical interpreter during a visit to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to announce how the final £300 million of the Culture Recovery Fund will be spent. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Culture secretary blasted for 'photo opp' in city without inviting arts bosses

Staff at the National Museum of the Royal Navy have called for the government of Northern Ireland to 'stop dithering' over the fate of HMS Caroline in Belfast.

Museum boss blasts Northern Ireland government over HMS Caroline left in limbo

The National Museum of the Royal Navy's HMS Victory, which is now open to visitors at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

National Museum of the Royal Navy works to become dementia friendly

Remains of the figurehead that was created for HMS Victory in 1815 but was accidentally sliced to pieces by contractors in 2009. Photo: National Museum of the Royal Navy

Historic naval figurehead mistakenly sawn into pieces is 'rediscovered'

HMS Victory and HMS Queen Elizabeth

Historian who saved HMS Victory from collapsing is honoured with top medal

Rare maps charting defeat of Spanish Armada are saved by city team

LV72 Juno, the lightship, which helped save guide thousands of troops through a minefield during D-Day. Here she is pictured rusting on a Welsh mud bank in May 2019

Nation urged to save 'unsung hero' of D-Day that saved lives during invasion

COMMENT: 5-star hotel is final piece in Portsmouth's economic jigsaw

The Yomper statue pictured outside the now-sold Royal Marines Museum in Eastney. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Charity 'insists it's committed' to building new Royal Marines Museum in city

Professor Dominic Tweddle, head of the NMRN, has said the Royal Marines Museum has finally been sold. Photo: Habibur Rahman

Portsmouth's old Royal Marines Museum to become 'luxury' five-star hotel

HMS Warrior closed for two days following an emergency incidents involving its power supply.

HMS Warrior power fault to be fixed in lockdown

HMS Warrior remains closed following an emergency incidents involving its power supply.

HMS Warrior closed after emergency incident

A set of 400-year-old maps showing the defeat of the Spanish Armada are at risk of being sold to a buyer abroad. Picture: NMRN

Museum needs £600,000 to save historic maps

Staff at National Museum of the Royal Navy attraction HMS Caroline face redundancy.

Staff at floating Royal Navy museum at risk as consultants brought in

Pictured: A model of HMS Invincible Photo: Sarah Standing (221020-6273)

New display tells tale of the Royal Navy's doomed 'Ferrari' of the seas

HMS Victory recently opened the underneath of its hull to visitors for the first time in 100 years on 11 August 2020. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Jobs to be cut as National Museum of the Royal Navy reveals redundancy plan