Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

⚓ This dress uniform belonged to Admiral Sir Martin Nasmith VC. Nasmith earned the Victoria Cross in 1916 for his command of submarine E11. The ribbon bar shows the small VC emblem marking that bravery. See it at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum. orlo.uk/GJWOL

⚓ From inbox to ironclads. Step aboard HMS Warrior and stand beneath her vast iron hull and towering masts. Feel the scale, the ambition and the engineering power that changed naval history. An experience that feels as bold today as it did in 1860. orlo.uk/pTdYm

@RogerForster1 Hello Roger, this post highlights Margaret’s contribution as part of Women’s History Month. This sits alongside the significant work of Alexander McKee in discovering and raising the Mary Rose, which is recognised throughout the Mary Rose museum. ^AH

@PHDockyard It should be Alexander McKee who should be centre stage. Not Margaret Rule.

One woman. One ship. One discovery that changed maritime archaeology In 1982, the warship Mary Rose was raised from the seabed. At the centre was Dr Margaret Rule Today her work helps tell the story of the Tudor crew at @PHDockyard orlo.uk/2LM9W #WomensHistoryMonth

⚓ Planning an Easter day out that feels worth the journey? Explore Tudor traditions, see the conservation of HMS Victory & watch historic artefacts being restored. Hands-on activities. Historic ships to explore. A world away from routine. orlo.uk/Lj61x

⚓Portsmouth has been named on the longlist for UK City of Culture 2029 Culture here isn’t just something you visit, it’s something you live At @PHDockyard, we see it daily. Five centuries of human stories. Lives shaped by the sea. Moments that still resonate #WeArePompey2029

⚓ Some places stay with you long after you leave. The atmosphere. The scale. The stories. This is history that gets under your skin. 🧭 Where 500 years never gets old. Book online now to save. orlo.uk/uqv2M

The woman thousands of sailors wrote to but had never met In 1876, Agnes Elizabeth Weston opened the Royal Sailors’ Rest in Portsmouth, giving Royal Navy sailors a safe place ashore Known as “Aggie” or “Ma Weston”, her kindness reached sailors across the world 📷 Agnes Weston

💥 Before a musket could fire, it needed dry powder. Sailors carried horns like this one. The narrow nozzle allowed a measured charge of gunpowder when loading a musket or priming a weapon. In battles such as Trafalgar, reliable powder mattered. orlo.uk/mzwt2

⚓ From screen time to sea time. Step inside HMS Alliance and enter a world built for silence, endurance and life beneath the waves. Move through narrow passageways, low ceilings and machinery packed into every inch of space. orlo.uk/scLub

Treat your Mum (or mother figure) this Mother’s Day to a FREE regular tea or coffee when you buy a cake or any other product in the Mary Rose Café at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard! historicdockyard.co.uk/plan-your-visi…

⚓ Historic Boat Trips @Portsmouth.Historic.Quarter Choose from Motor Gun Boat 81, High Speed Launch 102, or Landing Craft F8 and discover maritime history like never before. 🗓️ 11th & 12th of April 🎟 tickets.portsmouthhq.org/tickets 📧 boatbookings@portsmouthhq.org @uav_hampshire 🚁

🧰 During WW1, 100's of women came to Priddy’s Hard to do work few others could By 1915, more than 700 women were handling explosives Walk through the original buildings at Explosion Museum & uncover their stories orlo.uk/VBvWw 📷 Louisa Dykes, Priddy’s Hard

@Dominos_UK Obvs M.33 ⚓️

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⚓ If these walls could talk, they’d tell you about courage, fear, hope and survival. ❤️ And then they’d invite you in to listen. 👣 Walk through five centuries. Feel every moment. 🧭 Generations of Discovery. Book online now to save. orlo.uk/y5Gju

This bell was cast in 1510, the year the Mary Rose entered Henry VIII’s navy It served on board for 35 years before sinking with the ship in the 1545 Battle of the Solent Recovered from the seabed after more than 400 years, see it at Mary Rose Museum orlo.uk/il02j

From city noise to ships and stories Step into the Mary Rose Museum and come face to face with the lives of the Tudor crew, preserved in extraordinary detail for nearly five centuries An experience that invites you to slow down, look closer and reflect orlo.uk/cOOYN

📚 When Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was published, Jules Verne imagined an advanced underwater vessel. On #WorldBookDay, dive into a blog by Alexander Geary at @NatMuseumRN exploring the line between science fiction & innovation. orlo.uk/SNW6l

📖 On #WorldBookDay, here's a peak at an object recovered from the Mary Rose but not on display Inside a book cover, paper clings to the leather, the last traces of its lost pages. That such fragile material survived nearly five centuries is remarkable. orlo.uk/7ZO0V

🧰 In 1943, Marie Callanan joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service Her certificate in maths & physics qualified her for one of the most demanding roles open to Wrens, mobile mechanic 2 years of training compressed into just 7 months orlo.uk/cSkQF #WomensHistoryMonth