Basin No. 2
Basin No. 2 is a docking basin in Portsmouth, England. Basin No. 2 is situated nearby to the suburb Portsea, as well as near the locality Whale Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMS Victory and Mary Rose Museum.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hardway
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Basin No. 2
- Type: Docking basin
- Category: body of water
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.80511° or 50° 48′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.10711° or 1° 6′ 26″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C2WRV4V+25GeoNames ID
11980156
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