Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Portsmouth
His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth; it is located on the eastern shore of Portsmouth Harbour, north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Naval base
- Description: British Royal Navy base
- Also known as: “Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth”, “HMNB Portsmouth”, “Portsmouth Dockyard”, “Portsmouth DYd”, and “Portsmouth Royal Dockyard”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Victory and HMS Warrior.
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. HMS Victory is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Portsmouth.
HMS Warrior
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HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. HMS Warrior is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Portsmouth.
Mary Rose Museum
Museum
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mary Rose Museum is a historical museum located at Historic Dockyards in Portsmouth in the United Kingdom run by the Mary Rose Trust. Mary Rose Museum is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Portsmouth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gosport and Southsea.
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.
Southsea
Suburb
Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre.
Buckland
Suburb
Buckland is a residential area in the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire.
Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Portsmouth
- Category: Royal Navy Dockyard
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Portsmouth” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Chinese: “朴次茅夫海军基地”
- Chinese: “樸次茅夫海軍基地”
- Chinese: “樸次茅斯海軍基地”
- Czech: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Czech: “Portsmouth”
- Danish: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Danish: “Portsmouth flådehavn”
- Dutch: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Finnish: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Finnish: “Portsmouthin telakka”
- French: “Base navale de Portsmouth”
- French: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- French: “Portsmouth Dockyard”
- German: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- German: “Portsmouth”
- Hebrew: “בסיס הצי המלכותי בפורטסמות‘”
- Hebrew: “בסיס הצי המלכותי בפורטסמות’”
- Hebrew: “בסיס הצי המלכותי בפורטסמות”
- Hungarian: “Portsmouth”
- Italian: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Japanese: “ポーツマス工廠”
- Japanese: “ポーツマス海軍基地”
- Korean: “HMNB 포츠머스”
- Korean: “포츠머스 해군기지”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Norwegian: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Polish: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Polish: “Portsmouth Dockyard”
- Portuguese: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Portuguese: “Portsmouth Dockyard”
- Russian: “Военно-морская база Портсмут”
- Russian: “Портсмут”
- Slovak: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Slovenian: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Spanish: “Base Naval de Portsmouth”
- Spanish: “Base Naval de Su Majestad en Portsmouth”
- Spanish: “Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth”
- Spanish: “His Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth”
- Spanish: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Swedish: “HMNB Portsmouth”
- Turkish: “Portsmouth Donanma Üssü”
- Ukrainian: “Портсмут”
- Yue Chinese: “朴次茅斯海军基地”
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