National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, Naval museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, England.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy spans three historic buildings including No. 11 Storehouse from 1763 and No. 10 Storehouse from 1776.
Mark Edwin Pescott-Frost established the museum in 1911 as the Dockyard Museum, receiving the Imperial Service Order in 1916 for his contributions.
The museum exhibits the Trafalgar Sail, which stands as the largest surviving original artifact from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
The Victory Gallery presents detailed information about HMS Victory while the Babcock Galleries showcase Royal Navy stories from the 20th and 21st centuries.
HMS M33, a World War I Monitor warship that opened to visitors in 2015, represents one of only three remaining British warships from that conflict.
Location: Portsmouth
Official opening: 1911
Part of: National Museum of the Royal Navy
Address: HM Naval Base (PP66), Portsmouth PO1 3NH PO1 3NH
Phone: +442392891370
Website: http://nmrn-portsmouth.org.uk
GPS coordinates: 50.80070,-1.10980
Latest update: March 8, 2025 05:20
HMS Victory
118 m
HMS Warrior
271 m
HMS M33
142 m
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
36 m
Mary Rose Ship Hall and Museum
176 m
Portsmouth Block Mills
313 m
HMS Victory
114 m
Statue of Robert Falcon Scott
248 m
Statue of William III
42 m
The Lion Gate
109 m
Victory Gate And Dockyard Wall
288 m
Former Railway Station And Waiting Room (Building Number 1/47)
108 m
Chain And Cable Test House And Store, Capstan, Chain Haulage-Ways On North (Building Number 1/41)
166 m
Number 9 Store (building Number 1/35)
116 m
Number 6 Boathouse (building Number 1/23) And Slipway To Front
230 m
Porters Lodge (building Number 1/7)
265 m
Number 24 Store (Building Number 1/117)
206 m
Number 7 Boathouse (Building Number 1/29)
160 m
Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
200 m
Number 11 Store (building Number 1/59)
40 m
Hydraulic Engine House (Building Number 38) South West Of Number 9 Store With Bollard At South West Corner
138 m
Former Royal Naval Academy (buildings Numbers 1/14, 1/116-19) And Attached Railings
313 m
Former Detention Centre (Building Number 1/2)
266 m
South Office Block (building Number 1/88)
115 m
Number 5 Boathouse (Buildings Numbers 1/27 And 1/28)
221 m
Number 10 Store (building Number 1/58)
28 m
North Office Block (Building Number 1/144)
348 m
Admiralty House (building Number 1/20)
287 mReviews
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