Portsmouth Dockyard
From Graces Guide
Along with Chatham, Woolwich, Plymouth and Deptford, it has been one of the main dockyards for the Royal Navy throughout its history.
- The dockyard (like the other dockyards underwent reforms proposed by Samuel Bentham, Inspector-General of Naval Works. Among his innovations were Portsmouth Block Mills, an early example of truly industrial-scale production.
- From here Nelson, embarking on HMS Victory, left Britain for the final time before his death at the Battle of Trafalgar.
- HMS Warrior built here
- WWI HMS M33, a WWI monitor built
- WWII Portsmouth and the Naval Base itself were the headquarters and main departure point for the military and naval units destined for Sword Beach on the Normandy coast as a part of Operation Overlord and the D-Day Landings on June 6, 1944
Sources of Information
[1] Wikipedia