Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth Harbour is a 1,264.2-hectare /12.6 km2 biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Portsmouth and Gosport in Hampshire. It is a Ramsar site and a Special Protection Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include HMS Victory and Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower.
HMS Victory
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HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 248 years of service as of 2026, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.
Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
Museum
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower is situated in the former Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Priddy's Hard, in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It now forms part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
HMS M33
HMS M33 is an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Built in 1915, she saw active service in the Mediterranean during the First World War and in Russia during the Allied Intervention in 1919.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hardway and Gosport.
Hardway
Suburb
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Hardway is a suburb of the town of Gosport, in the Gosport district, in Hampshire, England. The suburb is made up of a few industrial estates, residential housing and a port. The suburb sits on the side of Portsmouth Harbour opposite to the naval base.
Gosport
Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gosport is a town in Hampshire, a short water ride away from Portsmouth. Although not a traditional destination, it does have some attractions if you are interested in maritime history.
Fort Elson
Locality
Photo: David Alan Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Elson was one of the early Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the northernmost polygonal land fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport. Fort Elson is situated 1½ miles west of Portsmouth Harbour.
Portsmouth Harbour
- Type: Bay
- Description: natural harbour in Hampshire, England
- Categories: harbor, Site of Special Scientific Interest, and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Portsmouth Harbour” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Portsmouth Harbour”
- Chinese: “朴茨茅斯港”
- Chinese: “樸茨茅斯港”
- French: “port de Portsmouth”
- French: “Port de Portsmouth”
- Hebrew: “נמל פורטסמות‘”
- Hebrew: “נמל פורטסמות’”
- Hebrew: “נמל פורטסמות”
- Indonesian: “Pelabuhan Portsmouth”
- Japanese: “ポーツマス・ハーバー”
- Japanese: “ポーツマス港”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Portsmouth Harbour”
- Russian: “Портсмут-Харбор”
- Swedish: “Portsmouth Harbour”
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