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Portsmouth / Reino Unido

Portsmouth es una ciudad y autoridad unitaria en el sudeste de Inglaterra, en el Reino Unido.[1]​[2]​ Pertenece al condado ceremonial de Hampshire. Portsmouth, conocida popularmente como Pompey, se extiende sobre la isla de Portsea, frente a la isla de Wight en el canal de la Mancha, que a su vez conforma la ría natural de Portsmouth Harbour, formación geográfica favorable para el refugio y las actividades marítimas que han forjado en parte el carácter histórico y económico de la ciudad. Su población, según estimaciones de 2014, se eleva a 209 085 habitantes en su término municipal,[3]​ y a cerca de 443 000 en el área metropolitana que comprende los términos de Fareham, Portchester, Gosport, Havant , Lee-on-the-Solent, Stubbington y Waterlooville. Es la ciudad de nacimiento del novelista Charles Dickens.

HMS Excellent (shore establishment)

Portsmouth / Reino Unido

HMS Excellent is a Royal Navy "stone frigate" sited on Whale Island near Portsmouth in Hampshire. HMS Excellent is itself part of the Maritime Warfare School, with a headquarters at HMS Collingwood, although a number of lodger units are resident within the site, the principal of which is the headquarters of Fleet Commander .

Royal Marines Museum

Portsmouth / Reino Unido

The Royal Marines Museum is a museum on the history of the Royal Marines from their beginnings in 1664 through to the present day. A registered charity, it is also a designated service museum under the terms of the National Heritage Act 1983 and receives Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Defence. During 2011 it formally became part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, an executive non-departmental public body of the Ministry of Defence. The museum's galleries are currently closed, pending relocation.

Portsmouth City Museum

Portsmouth / Reino Unido

Portsmouth Museum is a local museum in Museum Road in the city of Portsmouth, southern England. It is one of six museums run by Portsmouth Museums, part of Portsmouth City Council. The museum is housed in a Grade II listed building.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Portsmouth / Reino Unido

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is an area of HM Naval Base Portsmouth which is open to the public; it contains several historic buildings and ships. It is managed by the National Museum of the Royal Navy as an umbrella organisation representing five charities: the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, the Mary Rose Trust, the Warrior Preservation Trust Ltd and the HMS Victory Preservation Company. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Ltd was created to promote and manage the tourism element of the Royal Navy Dockyard, with the relevant trusts maintaining and interpreting their own attractions. It also promotes other nearby navy-related tourist attractions.

University of Portsmouth

Portsmouth / Reino Unido

The University of Portsmouth is a public university in the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It was previously known as Portsmouth Polytechnic from 1969 until 1992, when it was granted university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. It is ranked among the Top 100 universities under 50 in the world. The university offers a range of disciplines, from Pharmacy, International relations and politics, to Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Paleontology, Criminology, Criminal Justice, among others. The University is a member of the University Alliance and The Channel Islands Universities Consortium. Alumni include Tim Peake, Grayson Perry, Simon Armitage and Ben Fogle.