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HMS Victory official shop - HMS Victory, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar, naval and maritime heritage collectables and Geoff Hunt prints available online.
HMS Warrior (1860) - Information about life on board, the history and the boats construction. Details of ongoing restoration projects and the Warrior association.
Portsmouth Ferry Port - Information for travelers, ferry companies and freight handlers. Includes links to all the passenger ferry companies.
Flagship Portsmouth - Details of all the major attractions at the Historic Dockyard. Including Mary Rose, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, Royal Naval Museum and Action Stations.
Portsmouth Museums - Details of D-Day museum, Southsea Castle, Charles Dickens Birthplace and the City Museum.
Tourist Information Centre - Provides information on getting around, places to stay, services and what's on locally.
Portsmouth and World Class Water Front - Help with planning a visit, whats on, where to shop and other local information. Site available in English, German, Dutch, Spanish and French.
The Mary Rose - Details of the 16th century warship and the project to raise and restore her. Includes museum tour, history, life on board, education and visitor information.
The Royal Marines Museum - The story of the museum, opening times, admission charges, online gift shop and details of corporate hospitality.
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Scott Fitzgerald Experience teaches only the teachable. -- Aldous Huxley I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. -- Robert G. Ingersoll You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it. -- Henny Youngman Travel and Tourism Husband: a man who buys his football tickets four months in advance and waits until December 24 to do his Christmas shopping. "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live." (Alexander Dumas) Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. -- Friedrich Nietzsche Travel and Tourism I was going to change my shirt, but I changed my mind instead. -- Winnie the Pooh "Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even greater one." (Vladimir Nabokov) Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. - H. G. Wells Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. -- Lou Holtz Travel and Tourism "Beauty awakens the soul to act." (Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321) Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -- Mother Teresa Courage: doing what you're afraid to do. 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