Royal Navy Submarine 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.- Opening hours:
Wednesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—4:30 PM
school holidays: 10:00 AM—4:30 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: Maritime museum in Gosport, England
- Address: Haslar Road, Gosport, PO12 2AS
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Holland 1 and HMS Alliance.
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 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 380 feet northeast of Royal Navy Submarine Museum.
HMS Victory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 mile northeast of Royal Navy Submarine Museum.
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.
Royal Navy Submarine Museum
- Categories: naval museum, national museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Gosport District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.78793° or 50° 47′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.12112° or 1° 7′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C2WQVQH+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 154894510OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q5390017
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Royal Navy Submarine Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皇家海軍潛艇博物館”
- Dutch: “Royal Navy Submarine Museum”
- French: “Royal Navy Submarine Museum”
- German: “Royal Navy Submarine Museum”
- Japanese: “王立潜水艦博物館”
- Polish: “Royal Navy Submarine Museum”
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Highlights include Joint Services Adventurous Sail Training Centre (JSASTC) and Support Unit Fort Blockhouse.
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