HMNB Portsmouth - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

In addition to HMS Victory, a portion of the base serves as a maritime museum (now called "Portsmouth Historic Dockyard") and plays host to:

  • the raised wreck of the Tudor carrack Mary Rose
  • HMS Warrior
  • HMS M33, a WWI monitor
  • the Royal Naval Museum
  • Action Stations, a centre containing interactive exhibits demonstrating various aspects of naval science as well as a number of simulators
  • Portsmouth Harbour Tours
  • The Trafalgar Sail—the foretop sail of Victory used at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

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