Phil Sutters' photos with the keyword: Gosport

I was surprised to see cigarettes and matches in the messes, but naval personnel have had tobacco and cigarettes as a ration until fairly recently. There is a request in Hansard, Parliament's record of proceedings, from Naval Officers to the Government for less tight restrictions and the need to deal with various anomalies in 1951, which includes a Surgeon Lieutenant Commander recommending smoking as a benefit to health!

Not a very clear photo, but a crucial part of the ship.

These four Georgian houses have been listed as of special interest by Historic England. Full details of their features and some of their history can be found on the HE website. They all appear to have or have had commercial businesses using at least their ground floors.

'Explosion ' is the department of the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard that records and displays naval armaments. It is in some of the buildings of the dockyard's former ammunition stores. They were located in what was then an isolated part of the harbour, so that, should there be any unfortunately accident with explosive materials, it would avoid damaging the other installations and naval vessels in port. It can be accessed by land from Gosport, but there is a ferry service linking the main Museum with Explosion and the submarine museum in Haslar, just south of Gosport.