Portsmouth Naval Memorial
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, sometimes known as Southsea Naval Memorial, is a war memorial in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on Southsea Common beside Clarence Esplanade, between Clarence Pier and Southsea Castle. The memorial commemorates approximately 25,000 British and Commonwealth sailors who were lost in the World Wars, around 10,000 sailors in the First World War and 15,000 in the Second World War. The memorial features a central obelisk, with names of the dead on bronze plaques arranged around the memorial according to the year of death.
To commemorate sailors who had died at sea in the First World War and had no known grave, an Admiralty committee recommended building memorials at the three main naval ports in Great Britain: Chatham, Plymouth, and Portsmouth. Identical memorials at all three sites were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, with sculpture by Henry Poole.
A separate memorial in Lowestoft commemorates the lost from the Royal Naval Patrol Service; the Fleet Air Arm is commemorated in Lee-on-the-Solent; and merchant seamen are commemorated at the Liverpool Naval Memorial and the Tower Hill Memorial in London. The Royal Naval Division War Memorial is on Horseguards Parade in London.
The memorial is made of Portland stone, with a prominent central obelisk topped by a metal finial. Steps lead up to a plinth bearing bronze inscription plaques fixed to the obelisk's base bearing the names of the lost. Each corner projects as a buttress, surmounted by a statue of a reclining lion, beneath a stepped base to the obelisk. The four-sided obelisk tapers slightly to a stepped top with an elaborate finial with corner ships prows and bronze supports to a verdigris copper ball. The memorial was unveiled on 15 October 1924 by Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI).
The memorial was extended after the Second World War, to a design by Sir Edward Maufe. Names of those lost in the Second World War are recorded on panels set into the low walls of an enclosure added to the north, leading to a barrel-vaulted pavilion on each side. Additional sculpture was created by Charles Wheeler, William McMillan, and Esmond Burton. The additions were unveiled by the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on 29 April 1953.
The memorial is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It became a listed building in 1972, and was upgraded to Grade I in May 2016 for the centenary of the Battle of Jutland.
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Historical Information
After the First World War, an appropriate way had to be found of commemorating those members of the Royal Navy who had no known grave, the majority of deaths having occurred at sea where no permanent memorial could be provided.
An Admiralty committee recommended that the three manning ports in Great Britain - Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth - should each have an identical memorial of unmistakable naval form, an obelisk, which would serve as a leading mark for shipping. The memorials were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, who had already carried out a considerable amount of work for the Commission, with sculpture by Henry Poole. The Portsmouth Naval Memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (the future George VI) on 15 October 1924.
After the Second World War it was decided that the naval memorials should be extended to provide space for commemorating the naval dead without graves of that war, but since the three sites were dissimilar, a different architectural treatment was required for each. The architect for the Second World War extension at Portsmouth was Sir Edward Maufe (who also designed the Air Forces memorial at Runnymede) and the additional sculpture was by Charles Wheeler, William McMillan, and Esmond Burton. The Extension was unveiled by the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother on 29 April 1953.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial commemorates around 10,000 sailors of the First World War and almost 15,000 of the Second World War.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Drone Video, Southsea Common.
This video is about Portsmouth Naval Memorial. This War Memorial is for Royal Navy personnel lost in the two World Wars. It is situated on Southsea Common overlooking the Solent and approaches to Portsmouth Harbour. The aerial filming was by a DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone. If you use this video please give me credit, Ian Crowson.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Filmed by Quadcopter
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Southsea Common is a beautiful and important structure which honours and immortalised the lives and legacies of those who defended our shores. We took our quadcopter to the skies to fly around the memorial, capturing it in a way that's never been seen before.
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Unveiling of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Extension
Never before seen colour footage of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother opening the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Portsmouth Naval Memorial Extension on 29th April 1953.
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Trafalgar 200 International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth Naval Base. England.
The International Festival of the Sea, 2005 was a festival held at H.M. Naval Base, Portsmouth between the 30 June and 3 July 2005.
Links to other parts of the Trafalgar 200 Celebrations below;
Trafalgar 200- Sea battle & Firework Display;
Trafalgar 200- Drumhead service;
Trafalgar 200- International Fleet Review;
It was the fifth in a series of International Festivals of the Sea held in the United Kingdom since 1996, and was also the final part to the long week of festivities that began with the International Fleet Review 2005 off Spithead, Portsmouth on 28 June 2005. The event allowed people to walk around the Naval Base, to go on board all of the visiting vessels, including several vessels belonging to the Royal Navy and also for visitors to walk through the large sheds of the VT Shipbuilding group on site and see the parts of the Type 45 destroyers, HMS Dauntless and HMS Daring being constructed there.
Trafalgar 200 was a series of events in 2005 held mostly in the United Kingdom to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, where a British fleet led by Admiral Nelson (who died in the battle) defeated a joint Franco-Spanish fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. During the summer of 2005 there was an International Fleet Review, the first since 1977. A Drumhead Ceremony of Rememberance, a Spectacular re-enactment of a Sea Battle complete with thousands of Fireworks, All tied together with the Festival of the Sea in Portsmouth Naval Base. In an apparent effort to avoid giving offence, at the Fleet Review the fleets in the mock battle were called simply Red and Blue.
Walk around Portsmouth Naval War Memorial
HMS PRINCE OF WALES R09 & HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH R08 TOGETHER AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL BASE
The Royal Navy's two 'Queen Elizabeth' aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth R08 and HMS Prince of Wales R09 are seen together at Portsmouth Naval Base on 31st December 2019.
WARSHIPS AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL BASE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - 31st December 2019
Royal Navy Warships at Portsmouth Naval Base on 31st December 2019 including HMS Prince of Wales R09 & HMS Queen Elizabeth R08, Type 23 Frigates HMS Kent F78 & HMS Lancaster F229, Type 45 Destroyers HMS Dragon D35, HMS Dauntless D33 & HMS Diamond D34, River Class HMS Trent P224, HMS Medway P223, as well as decommissioned RFA Diligence A132 & SD Victoria.
Living in Portsmouth, Virginia? - Top 10 Affordable Neighborhoods to Live in Portsmouth!
Want to live in Portsmouth, Virginia, but don’t know where to start looking? Getting a new job in or near Portsmouth, Virginia and want to decide where to live? Are you also looking for real estate that’s affordable in Portsmouth, Virginia? In this video I talk about my top 10 neighborhoods in Portsmouth, Virginia that are affordable, too! The neighborhoods are various styles and ages. One is new construction!
Below I’ll also give some helpful links to Portsmouth, Virginia city info as well as Portsmouth, Virginia history. Portsmouth is fantastic, there is a lot of history in the city as well as Olde Towne, which has some of my favorite places to eat (cough…Bier Garden…cough)!
There are some bummers about being in Portsmouth, too. In this video I try to outline some of those things that also influence home payments. There are other pros and cons of living in Portsmouth that I outline in a separate video, so this one is all about the real estate in Portsmouth.
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Vintage Albacore©
USS Albacore (AGSS-569)
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USS Albacore (AGSS-569) was a unique research submarine that pioneered the American version of the teardrop hull form (sometimes referred to as an Albacore hull) of modern submarines. The revolutionary design was derived from extensive hydrodynamic and wind tunnel testing, with an emphasis on underwater speed and maneuverability. She was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the albacore.
Her keel was laid down on 15 March 1952 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 1 August 1953, sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Jowers, the widow of Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Arthur L. Stanton, lost with the second Albacore (SS-218), and commissioned on 6 December 1953 with Lieutenant Commander Kenneth C. Gummerson in command.
The effectiveness of submarines in World War II convinced both the Soviets and the United States Navy that undersea warfare would play an even more important role in coming conflicts and dictated development of superior submarines. The advent of nuclear power nourished the hope that such warships could be produced. The effort to achieve this goal involved the development of a nuclear propulsion system and the design of a streamlined submarine hull capable of optimum submerged performance.
Legacy
A non-profit group, the Portsmouth Submarine Memorial Association, was formed to bring the Albacore back to Portsmouth and place her on permanent display, designed to be on dry land so the entire submarine would be visible. The Albacore was towed back to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in April 1984, by an Army Reserve tugboat in a journey of 575 miles (925 km) that took 70 hours.
In May 1985, she was moved across Portsmouth Harbor towards a permanent display site.The move was difficult, as a railway trestle had to be removed and a temporary cut, large enough to float her through, had to be made across a four-lane road. During the move, the Albacore struck bottom three times, followed by a catastrophic derailment of the temporary marine railway that had been constructed to bring her out of the water. The Albacore was left grounded in mud, short of her final resting place. Months later, a temporary cofferdam was constructed, she was re-floated, and on October 3, 1985, she was successfully placed in her permanent display cradle. After significant volunteer work to prepare her for display, the Albacore opened to the public on August 30, 1986.
Albacore's service as an active experimental submersible for more than two decades steadily increased the Navy's knowledge of both theoretical and applied hydrodynamics which it used in designing faster, quieter, more maneuverable and safer submarines. The Navy's effort to build hulls capable of optimum operation while submerged was wedded to its nuclear propulsion program in the submarine Skipjack which was laid down in the spring of 1956, and these two concepts have complemented each other in the design of all of the Navy's subsequent submarines.
Albacore is located at Albacore Park, 600 Market Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and is open to the public. She is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 11, 1989. In 2005, the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II inducted the Albacore into the Submarine Hall of Fame. In 2016, the basin area around the submarine at Albacore Park was completely reconstructed.
Portsmouth - Queen Mother Unveils Memorial Aka Queen Mother Unveils Royal Naval Memorial (1953)
Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH LEAVES PORTSMOUTH FOR HER FIRST F-35B TRIALS IN BRITISH WATERS - NEWSFLASH!
HMS Queen Elizabeth R08 eaves Portsmouth Naval Base for her first F-35B trials in British Territorial Waters on 24th January 2020 as she heads from base (Princess Royal Jetty) to sea.
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The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, sometimes known as Southsea Naval Memorial, is a war memorial in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on Southsea Common beside Clarence Esplanade, between Clarence Pier and Southsea Castle.
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Second Sea Lord supersession ceremony in Portsmouth
The Royal Navy formally welcomed a new Second Sea Lord today when Vice Admiral Jonathan Woodcock took over the role in a ceremony in HMS Victory in Portsmouth, which also marks his appointment as Admiral-in-Charge HMS Victory.
HMS Queen Elizabeth arrival in Portsmouth
Vice Admiral Sir Simon Lister provides an update on the sea trials that HMS Queen Elizabeth has undergone, ahead of her formal delivery to the Royal Navy
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Trafalgar 200 Drumhead Service of Rememberance. Southsea Common. Portsmouth.
The term Drumhead Service, is said to originate from the use of a drumhead as an improvised writing table, as an altar for religious services, or a traditional gathering point for a regiment for orders or decisions.
Links to Other parts of the week long Celebrations Below;
Trafalgar 200- Sea battle & Firework Display;
Trafalgar 200- International Festival of the Sea;
Trafalgar 200- International Fleet Review;
Trafalgar 200 was a series of events in 2005 held mostly in the United Kingdom to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, where a British fleet led by Admiral Nelson (who died in the battle) defeated a joint Franco-Spanish fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. During the summer of 2005 there was an International Fleet Review, the first since 1977. A Drumhead Ceremony of Rememberance, a Spectacular re-enactment of a Sea Battle complete with thousands of Fireworks, All tied together with the Festival of the Sea in Portsmouth Naval Base. In an apparent effort to avoid giving offence, at the Fleet Review the fleets in the mock battle were called simply Red and Blue.
London & Royal Naval Museum Portsmouth