Dockyard highlights

THE ‘36 Hours, Jutland 1916: The Battle That Won The War’ exhibition at The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will be open throughout June and July, revealing the story behind one of the greatest naval battles in history.

On show will be the largest collection of Jutland artefacts ever assembled, telling the story of the men who fought. Tickets cost £10 per adult £5 per child and £8 per concession, or can be included as part of the All Attraction Ticket for a small additional charge.  

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Highlight attractions at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard this year

Walk in Nelson’s footsteps on board HMS Victory, and visit her never-before-seen areas, including the Poop Deck and Nelson’s Great Cabin. 

Visit Henry’s VIII’s only true love, the Mary Rose, and see her like Henry himself did, up-close and personal.  With awe-inspiring, unrestricted views of the ship, this is closest visitors have been able to get to her since her recovery in 1982. 

Find out how the nature of marine warfare was turned on its head on board Victorian Powerhouse HMS Warrior 1860, Britain’s first armoured battleship and the pride of Queen Victoria’s fleet. 

Immerse yourself in the greatest naval battle of all time – The Battle of Jutland – through never-before-seen displays and galleries that challenge beliefs that the Battle of Jutland was a German victory. 

Check out the fortifications of Portsmouth’s maritime harbour exactly the same way the Viking warriors did 1,000 years ago, from the water on a harbour tour. 

Experience what it would be like as a sailor in Boathouse 4 and see if you have what it takes to climb to the top of the mast.

See, hear, and smell how life was lived under the sea on board HMS Alliance, the only remaining WW2-era submarine that stands as a memorial to the 5,300 British submariners who have lost their lives in service. 

Experience the horrors of the ill-fated Gallipoli Campaign in the First World War with a thought provoking short film on board HMS M.33, a unique survivor that escaped the battle with no crew fatalities. 

John Rawlinson, director of Visitor Experience at #Portsmouth Historic #Dockyard, says: ‘The maritime importance of the Historic Dockyard places it as a world must-see alongside such iconic sites as Stonehenge, The Colosseum and The Smithsonian. It is continuously developing, revealing more and more profound historic insights about the world’s naval history.’

The dockyard offers an annual All Attraction ticket, which includes unlimited entry to all 11 attractions from £26.40 per adult (16-59) and £18.40 per child (5-15).

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The Vikings are back!

THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM in Falmouth brings the #Vikings to #Cornwall in an exhibition that runs until February next year: Viking Voyagers.  

The #exhibition, featuring nationally and internationally historically significant artefacts, explores what is behind the popular myth of the bloodthirsty raiders, what it meant to become a Viking, and how their mastery of maritime technology was the secret to their success.

Their power was built on their knowledge of boatbuilding and their seafaring skills, enabling them to sail across the Atlantic’s to Newfoundland and Iceland, down to the Mediterranean, and east to Ukraine and Russia.

Visions of horned helmets, unkempt beards and fearsome raiding fighters come to mind when thinking of the Vikings. But the exhibition dispels the myths: just like us they wore jewellery, combed their hair, and many were entrepreneurs, using smaller boats and ships to do business.

Archaeological finds on display include weaponry, jewellery, household implements, and slave chains and coins.

Richard Doughty, Director of National Maritime Museum Cornwall says: ‘This state-of-the-art show has taken years to develop. You might think you know the Vikings, but you will have never experienced them in the way this new exhibition promises. All I can say is watch out, the Vikings are coming!’

Dr Tehmina Goskar, Exhibitions registrar at the museum adds: ‘The story of the Vikings is incredibly alluring. Not only have they left us with a legacy of beautiful storytelling in their sagas, but also an astonishing material culture. Above all, the Vikings were sailors, their men, women and children thrived because of their skills with boats and seafaring, so with our harbour location, celebrating the sea and small boats, there is no better place to come to hear their stories.’

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When women go to sea

AN exhibition opening at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, #Cornwall, depicts the hidden histories of women at sea. #Mermaids: Women at Sea tells the compelling stories of women who have challenged the establishment and made their mark in a male dominated world.  

It will feature extraordinary women such as Mary Lang, who joined a crew on the last of the merchant sailing ships –known as windjammers – to journey from South Australia to Cornwall in the 1930s, and Ellen MacArthur, the fastest woman ever to circumnavigate the globe in 2005.

Tehmina Goskar, the museum’s senior curator, says: ‘There have always been superstitions about women and the sea, from the myths of mermaids luring unsuspecting men to a watery death to the ill fortune a woman aboard a ship was meant to have brought to a voyage and its male crew. 

One of Cornwall's most famous legends is the Mermaid of Zennor, and visitors to the exhibition will be able to see and touch a 3D print of the famous mermaid carving in St. Senara Church in Zennor — the first time the museum has used this technology to present an exhibit.’

The exhibition runs until February 21.

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Take a break in Liverpool

CITYBASE APARTMENTS has updated its online guide to Liverpool, the English city on the north-west coast that’s famous for its maritime and musical history. 

The guide covers culture, attractions, shopping, eating out, and entertainment in a city that claims to have the second-largest collection of museums and art galleries in England, after London.

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