According to the song, Britannia rules the waves – and while that might not be strictly true nowadays (if it was, Richard Branson would probably be Lord Admiral), there was a time that the English Navy was the most respected on the high seas. Portsmouth dockyard, one of the most famous in the world, will soon be acknowledging 800 years of shipbuilding for the navy and will be celebrating with an interactive historical show over Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th. Hopefully minus the traditional rats and scurvy.
With so much history and so little time, it’ll be a race to cram everything into just two days (think not so much Goodnight Sweetheart, more Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure). From watching Tudor food being cooked in a replica galley of the Mary Rose, you can take part in interactive displays about Horatio Nelson’s dramatic victories and also the Battle of Britain.
Get the NavPix here, landlubbers…
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