Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

[Bernard Woolley]

I was at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on Saturday as part of an organised tour. Thought I’d share a few of the pics I took.

[Belushi TD]

I am surprised to see that the QE does not have a turndown at the stern of the flight deck. Is there a reason for that, or is the turndown a USN kind of a thing to make people feel better about trying to land?

Oh, and GREAT freakin pictures!

Belushi TD

[Bernard Woolley]

From what I’ve seen of the Lightnings landing on her, it’s not something they’d need. The Invincible class didn’t have one either.

And thanks!

[Bernard Woolley]

Have to add a shout-out to Istoria Travel for an excellent day. The day trip I went on in February was also excellent & I'm looking forward to the next one this coming Sunday. I would highly recommend booking with them.

[Craiglxviii]

Nice, very nice! Did I see right that you were allowed on board M33?

Did you make it on board WARRIOR too?

[Bernard Woolley]

Only made it to Mary Rose and Victory. I reckon it would take several days to do the Historic Dockyard properly.

[Nathan45]

When I vacationed in England for a week about 8 years ago, we had 1 spare day I could do whatever I wanted (on the old board I even asked members for recommendations on where to go), instead we ended up spending 2 days at Portsmouth, it really does need at least 2 days to enjoy.

[Bernard Woolley]

I think I could spend a week in the Dockyard and still not see everything. Then there's the submarine and gunnery museums in Gosport...