Coastal Forces
Coastal Forces is a memorial in Gosport District, Hampshire, England. Coastal Forces is situated nearby to Royal Navy Submarine Museum, as well as near the marina Joint Services Adventurous Sail Training Centre (JSASTC).| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Navy Submarine Museum and HMS Holland 1.
Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Museum
The Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport is a maritime museum tracing the international history of submarine development from the age of Alexander the Great to the present day, and particularly the history of the Royal Navy Submarine Service from the navy's first submarine, Holland 1, to the nuclear-powered Vanguard-class submarines.
HMS Holland 1
Photo: zongo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holland 1 is the first submarine commissioned by the Royal Navy. The first in a five-boat batch of the Holland-class submarine, launched in 1901, she was lost twelve years later in 1913 while under tow to be scrapped following her decommissioning. HMS Holland 1 is situated 490 feet southeast of Coastal Forces.
HMS Alliance
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HMS Alliance is a Royal Navy A-class, Amphion-class or Acheron-class submarine, laid down towards the end of the Second World War and completed in 1947. HMS Alliance is situated 520 feet east of Coastal Forces.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gosport and Alverstoke.
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.
Alverstoke
Suburb
Photo: Margaret Auerstedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alverstoke is a village in the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England. It stretches east–west from Fort Blockhouse, Haslar to Browndown Battery, and is centred 0.5 miles east of the shore of Stokes Bay and near the head of a creek which extends a mile westward from Portsmouth Harbour.
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.
Coastal Forces
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Gosport District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.78858° or 50° 47′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.12196° or 1° 7′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C2WQVQH+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4879928501OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Joint Services Adventurous Sail Training Centre (JSASTC) and Haslar Marina.
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