Over 150 people have supported a crowdfunding campaign to save a sole surviving coastal motor boat from the Second World War.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy had just three weeks to secure £6000 to transport the 55-foot coastal motor boat CMB 331 to Gosport where she will be housed next to Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower and conserved by a team of experts.
The campaign got a welcome boost from BAE Systems who donated an additional £1000 just as it closed this week.
Thirty years after HMS Warrior 1860 returned to Portsmouth, it has been announced that her owners, the Warrior Preservation Trust, merged with The National Museum of the Royal Navy as of 1st April 2017.
As part of the annual celebration of English Tourism, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is going 'all in' to help local residents to discover the delights on their doorstep and to encourage new visitors to come and explore our treasures.
By Alan Bush, Jutland Volunteer.
Originally planned as part of the Jutland Commemorations in the long daylight hours of last summer, the re-scheduled ‘Jutland: The Big Debate’ was held on a dark, blustery Thursday evening this 2nd February bringing together historical experts, members of the public and a virtual audience from all over the world.
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