... in Hampshire, is the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island and has been home to the Royal Navy for several centuries
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth
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At the end of January 2012, the familiar statue of King Henry VIII which greets visitors at the doors of the Mary Rose museum at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard went missing. After years of being exposed to the sun, wind and rain, King Henry had begun to look worse for wear. However ...
Read more here @ link
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Right rear: A 'Solent & Wightline Cruises' pleasure boat @ Portsmouth.
www.solentcruises.co.uk/
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Britain's first iron-hulled, armoured warship HMS Warrior is moored @ Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard. Launched in 1860, it was the pride of Queen Victoria's fleet.
www.hmswarrior.org/
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"The Mudlarks" sculpture (by Michael Peacock) is sited @ 'The Hard', Portsmouth, Hampshire. Shown here with HMS Warrior in background, the Mudlarks consists of two life size figures; a young man standing gazing
out to sea, with a pot of pennies in his hand and a young girl kneeling in the mud, holding up another penny that she has just found.
Learn more @ these links.
www.mjpeacock.co.uk/Mudlarks/Portsmouth_Mudlarks.html
www.stvincent.ac.uk/Heritage/Warrior/statistics.html
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