The ideal venue for your wedding ceremony, reception, party or other event. HMS Warrior is the world’s first modern battleship combining an iron hull, armour plate and steam machinery.
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Launched in 1860 to counter the threat posed by the French Navy, she was the fastest and most heavily armoured ship of her day. Such was the pace of Victorian technological change that she was obsolete by 1883 and hulked in 1898. Following this she performed a variety of roles including forming a part of the Navy’s training school, HMS Vernon in Portsmouth from 1904-1924 and then serving as a floa
Launched in 1860 to counter the threat posed by the French Navy, she was the fastest and most heavily armoured ship of her day. Such was the pace of Victorian technological change that she was obsolete by 1883 and hulked in 1898. Following this she performed a variety of roles including forming a part of the Navy’s training school, HMS Vernon in Portsmouth from 1904-1924 and then serving as a floa
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Today our thoughts are with the friends, families and people effected by the 11 September attacks in America twenty years ago.
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Today our thoughts are with the friends, families and people effected by the 11 September attacks in America twenty years ago.
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Fans of BBC drama Vigil can explore a real submarine at museum in the UK
The TV show features some high profile actors including Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie and Martin Compston, with a police detective dispatched to a submarine to solve a murder
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An illustration from ‘A naval alphabet’ with rhymes by M. Berkeley and illustrations by J.H. Hartley (1922) for UNESCO’s World Literacy Day.
Marconi’s early work is significant in the development of wireless technology and fits the theme for this year which is “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide”, to recognise the importance of technology-enabled literacy. Over the past year, many efforts have been made to find alternative ways to ensure continuity of learning.
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While we care for some unique historical artefacts, #HMSWarrior is also home to a beautiful flock of Starlings that offer murmuration displays at certain times of the year.
Recently we managed to snap one of our feathered friends singing a sea shanty on the ropes...
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While the war against Japan ended on 15 August 1945 and the UK now commemorates #VictoryOverJapan on that day, it wasn’t the case at the time. Surrenders of the areas under Japanese occupation took weeks and celebrations at home took place in the autumn. The USA celebrates #VJDay on 2 September, so in commemoration here are scenes from the RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor) Victory Parade.
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One of your five a day...
Look at what we un-covered in the collection... a cartoon depicting 1918 sailors receiving produce from the Vegetable Products Committee, formed by Lord Charles Beresford to supply fresh vegetables, fruits & jams to the Grand Fleet.
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What can you see in the x-ray eating the wood on HMS #Invincible1744?
Shipworm! This pest is actually a mollusc & they use their shell like we use our teeth.
Find out about the challenges our conservation team face when dealing with historic artefacts at the Diving Deep #HMSInvincible exhibition at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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Thanks to: MAST, Bournemouth University Maritime Archaeology & National Lottery Heritage Fund
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Take a look at our range of children's books...
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Interested in working for us?
We've got a range of new roles which we share on our website...
www.nmrn.org.uk/jobs-volunteering
And, we share them on our LinkedIn Page...
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On 27 August 1914, the first Royal Naval Air Service squadron deployed to Ostend under the command of Charles Rumney Samson. The ground party of support staff crossed the channel in HMS Empress, while the pilots flew across in an assortment of aircraft, B.E. 2A, Sopwith, Bleriot, Farman, Bristol and Short.
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The 10 best things to do in Portsmouth
A modern to-do list for a world-famous maritime city.
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In the NMRN’s collection is a matchbox cover made of aluminium salvaged from the wreckage of airship R38 which exploded over the estuary of the River Humber on 24 August 1921. It was made by Henry Beacock, who was working on a dredger that went to the aid of the survivors. The back of the cover shows the airship breaking in half mid-air.
You can read more about the R38 and its fate here: https://www.nmrn.org.uk/news-events/nmrn-blog/r38-disaster
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Find out more about Holland 1 on your next visit to Royal Navy Submarine Museum with the new touchscreen in place helping tell her incredible history.
Watch the story of how she was built including imagery of her salvage, conservation and restoration in much more detail.
You'll find the submarine museum across the water from Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Gosport, which has a rich naval heritage and is also based in Hampshire.
#NMRN #NavigateTheNavy #RoyalNavySubmarineMuseum #Gosport #Portsmouth #Hampshire
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Find out more about Holland 1 on your next visit to Royal Navy Submarine Museum with the new touchscreen in place helping tell her incredible history.
Watch the story of how she was built including imagery of her salvage, conservation and restoration in much more detail.
You'll find the submarine museum across the water from Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Gosport, which has a rich naval heritage and is also based in Hampshire.
#NMRN #NavigateTheNavy #RoyalNavySubmarineMuseum #Gosport #Portsmouth #Hampshire
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More from #BehindTheScenes in #Hartlepool - we've already saved some objects that reflect #RML497's Second World War history, and today we've have also kept hold of a life ring and life jacket to represent its time as a ferry.
#NMRN #TheNationalMuseumOfTheRoyalNavyHartlepool
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What did you do in the 18th Century when your hair was flapping in your eyes when you were climbing the rigging?
Life onboard HMS #Invincible1744 was very different, and there was no popping to the supermarket to stock up on hair gel before your trip.
So, sailors used to use tar as hair gel, there was plenty of it about!
Find out weird facts like this and more at the #HMSInvincible Diving Deep exhibition at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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Thanks to: MAST, Bournemouth University Maritime Archaeology & National Lottery Heritage Fund
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Rum has long been known as a sailor’s drink - grog, a mix of rum and water, was given out on board #RoyalNavy ships from the 1700s, right up until 1970.
In 1850 rum rations were diluted with more water, and other options were offered, such as tea, coffee and cocoa; this went a long way to solving issues of discipline on ships which were usually caused by the men saving up their rations to get drunk.
📸: A Royal Navy rum tub used for serving the rum ration, on board HMS Trincomalee
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The first air-launched torpedo attack on an enemy ship was made on 12 August 1915 by Flight Commander C H K Edmonds flying a Short 184 aircraft from HMS Ben-my-Chree. HMS Ben-my-Chree was a seaplane carrier converted from a Manx packet steamer. At the end of 1915 she became the flagship of the Egypt and East Indies Seaplane Squadron operating in the Eastern Mediterranean until she was sunk early in 1917 by Turkish artillery fire.
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Preserving artefacts from HMS #Invincible1744 sometimes required special chemicals to help look after them.
What's the downside? The mixing process in the treatment tanks made the whole wet lab smell like baby sick!
Find out more about the exhibition at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard at nmrn.org.uk/exhibitions-projects/hms-invincible
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Thanks to: MAST, Bournemouth University Maritime Archaeology and National Lottery Heritage Fund
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#OnThisDay 9 August 1952, during the Korean War, Lieutenant Peter ‘Hoagy’ Carmichael, flying a Fleet Air Arm Sea Fury of 802 Squadron, HMS Ocean, shot down a MiG-15 jet fighter. This was a real “Top Gun” manoeuvre and was the first instance of a jet being shot down by a propeller aircraft. You can see both a Hawker Sea Fury and a MiG-15 at the #FleetAirArmMuseum
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On 6 August 1940 it was reported that the training ship, HMS Foudroyant (now HMS Trincomalee) had received minor hull damage following a German air raid on Portsmouth, leading to a suspension of training due to the risks. The Director of the National Maritime Museum, Geoffrey Callender, was quoted to have said that the ship and her training partner, HMS Implacable, ‘fought against Hi**er as they did against Napoleon and dictators of that time.’ This statement could hardly be more inaccurate as Trincomalee was built after the Napoleonic wars, and Implacable had been captured from the French, having previously fought on their side at the Battle of Trafalgar!
📸: Foudroyant and Implacable in the 1940s
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Built in Devonport Dockyard, battlecruiser HMS Lion was launched tomorrow on 6 August 1910, going on to participate in the Battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland from 1914 – 1916. The cost of building HMS Lion was £2,083,999 in 1910; the equivalent of £251,035,046.21 today. Though a significant cost, she would be a cheap build today compared to our two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carries, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, who between them were estimated to cost £6.212 billion in 2018.
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Last week on the 29 July 1987 Foudroyant (HMS Trincomalee) was towed into Hartlepool docks for restoration, after being transported on a barge with another of the NMRN’s vessels, HMS M.33 (HMS Minerva), to have work done before returning south.
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Last week on the 29 July 1987 Foudroyant (HMS Trincomalee) was towed into Hartlepool docks for restoration, after being transported on a barge with another of the NMRN’s vessels, HMS M.33 (HMS Minerva), to have work done before returning south.
#NMRN #NavigateTheNavy #Hartlepool
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The Gulf War began on 2 August 1990 with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Operation Granby was the British contribution to the liberation of Kuwait. As the Iraqis retreated ahead of coalition forces, they set fire to Kuwait’s oil wells. Here a Sea King of 846 Naval Air squadron and a Lynx of 829 NAS from HMS Brilliant fly across the desert with a blazing oil well providing a backdrop.
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Invincible Diaries: 1 - Beginnings
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Last chance to shop the Summer Sale - Ends tonight!
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Shop while stocks last until the end of July.
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Last chance to shop the Summer Sale - Ends tonight!
Visit: https://shop.nmrn.org.uk/index.php/summer-sale.html
Shop while stocks last until the end of July.
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Did you know the men on HMS #Invincible1744 were #superstitious and carved a witches mark (compass rose) under the lid of ammunition boxes to bring good luck when handling explosives?
See other exciting finds from the wreck at the exhibition now at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Find out more at: nmrn.org.uk/exhibitions-projects/hms-invincible
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Thanks to: MAST, Bournemouth University Maritime Archaeology, National Lottery Heritage Fund
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The wreck of #HMSInvincible is subject to time and tides - 18th Century wine bottles end up next to old fizzy drink cans!
Visit the exhibition at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to see what we found and is currently on display...
nmrn.org.uk/exhibitions-projects/hms-invincible
#NMRN #Invincible1744
Thanks to: MAST, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Bournemouth University Maritime Archaeology
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#BehindTheScenes news to share from National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool today...
Our shipwrights continue work onboard RML 497 and we're pleased to report her bilges are fully dried out the and team is measuring up to install some additional supports.
The ship wrights are also measuring for a new main hatch cover for #HMSTrincomalee - it's a busy summer ahead for the team!
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There's still time to shop the Summer Sale!
Visit: https://shop.nmrn.org.uk/index.php/summer-sale.html
Shop while stocks last until the end of July.
#NMRN #OnlineShop
There's still time to shop the Summer Sale!
Visit: https://shop.nmrn.org.uk/index.php/summer-sale.html
Shop while stocks last until the end of July.
#NMRN #OnlineShop
Photos from National Museum of the Royal Navy's post
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Tomorrow in 1847, HMS Trincomalee set off on her first commission to the North America and West Indies Station where she undertook anti-slavery patrols in the West Indies and protected fisheries off Newfoundland.
The Captain was Richard Laird Warren who was a harsh disciplinarian and punishment by flogging onboard was recorded 25 times: drunkenness was the main reason behind the punishments, suggesting that the crew was not particularly content.
📸: The ship’s watch bill for the first commission. The little handwritten book outlines the crew’s duties and this page names those who manned two of the ship’s boats, the cutter and the Captain’s galley.
#NMRN #NavigateTheNavy #OnThisDay #NationalMuseumOfTheRoyalNavyHartlepool #Hartlepool
World of Warships | Longest Night of Museums 2021
Reaching a truly global audience and being part of a live 17-hour online showcase of naval museums, were just two of the benefits for the National Museum of ...
In this week's blog we look at the Tondern Raid which took place #OnThisDay in 1918, here's a brief overview of what happened on the mission, the ships, aircraft and the men involved...
www.nmrn.org.uk/news-events/nmrn-blog/tondern-raid
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Thank you to one our Quartermasters on board for this fantastic footage of the new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, coming past Warrior and arriving at its new home. What an amazing experience! Why not come and visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and see Britain's largest ever warship. You can get tickets here: http://bit.ly/1IJCquh
Why not come on board today or tomorrow and see our fantastic Victorian entertainer for our #VictorianNavyDays.
A huge thank you to Harmony Men Male Choir for coming on board over the bank holiday and performing for our visitors! We hope to see you again soon.
We've just said a final farewell to RFA Gold Rover on her final journey to Portsmouth after over 40 years in service.
Two days ago we said a final farewell to HMS Illustrious, known better as 'L***y'. Here is a short clip of her coming past the ship for the last time.
Why not come down to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard this Christmas and see the new interactive illuminations show called "I Saw Three Ships". Yesterday marked the launch of this new show for the festive period and saw representatives from HMS Warrior 1860, HMS Victory and Mary Rose Museum battle it out. A fantastic experience for the whole family, come have a go and steer one of the most iconic ships in history to victory.
A huge thank you to everyone who made the Victorian Festival of Christmas at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard a huge success this year. We hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did. Here is our snippet of the amazing light show projected onto Action Stations. Please share with us your highlights!
Fantastic to see HMS St Albans returning to Portsmouth accompanied by her Merlin helicopter. Welcome home from all of us at HMS Warrior 1860!
Amazing display by the RAF Red Arrows today. What a great view from the ship #AmericasCup
Welcome Home HMS Iron Duke from all on the Warrior! The Iron Duke has now returned to Portsmouth having successfully completed its deployment with NATO in Northern Europe #RoyalNavy
It's #VolunteersWeek. On HMS Warrior we have a fantastic team of around 70 volunteers who give their time and help in a variety of ways. Hear our Captain and Chief Executive Tim Ash explain some of the roles volunteers play, and how you can get involved.
And aptly, "Sunny Afternoon" it sure is!
The Royal Band of the Royal Marine Band Service on the upper deck tonight enjoying the glorious sunshine we are lucky to have.
Thank you to Biggleswade Sea Cadets for this stunning performance earlier.
The calm AFTER the storm!
The storm ensign is flying! And we're open for the day! #stillflying #stillafloat #stillopen
Piper on the Port Side.
Sunny Strings on the Stern.
We really enjoyed the firework display for HMS Illustrious this evening viewed from HMS Warrior's bridge...Oooooh....Aaaaagh!
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.
Built to counter the latest French battleship, Warrior was, in her time, the ultimate deterrent. Yet by igniting a new era in naval technology, she soon became outdated. After 22 years’ service, Warrior’s hull was to be used as a depot, floating school and an oil jetty. Painstakingly restored in Hartlepool and back home in Portsmouth since 1987, Warrior is a unique survivor of the once formidable Victorian Navy and now serves as a museum ship, visitor attraction, popular private hire venue and more.
Join the Captain and crew on board and explore this almighty Victorian battleship for yourself - the most fearsome naval weapon of her day and sole survivor of the Black Battlefleet. The Ship’s company are also on hand to answer any questions you may have.
See Queen Victoria’s favourite ship and save 20% when you book a Full Navy Ticket online today.
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