HMNB Portsmouth (RN)

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Should HMNB Portsmouth have its own large drydock suitable for a QE class aircraft carrier?

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Yes, build a new drydock or enlarge an existing drydock
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No, Rosyth's and Toulon's are adequate
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james k wrote:Whatever that is, it isn't The Field Gun Competition.
Sadly, the "real" Field Gun competition is no longer run, and all we have left now is the "kiddy version", known as the Brickwoods Trophy.

Brickwoods Trophy Field Gun competition
The competition which is annually held at HMS Collingwood, is run to Brickwood's Trophy Field Gun rules. It is now run on the flat ground, without walls, A-frames, 'chasms' or a zipwire. Its a different style of competition to the more famous, more dangerous and more aggressive one (Command Field Gun) which used to be held annually at the Royal Tournament. The Brickwood's Field Gun competition began in 1907, when Portsmouth's Brickwood's Brewery gifted a trophy to the Royal Navy to create an exclusive Portsmouth only field gun competition. There used to be obstacles like in the Command version of the sport, but over the years, rules have been changed and the competition was opened up to teams from other locations outside of Portsmouth.

Command Field Gun competition
The more famous and "proper" version is known as (Inter Port) Command Field Gun competition, and was run annually at the Royal Tournament in London. Teams from Portsmouth, Devonport and the Fleet Air Arm competed, although Chatham and the Royal Marines also used to compete. A field gun and accompanying ammunition carriage was pushed and pulled around a course which had a wall to climb over and go through, and also an imaginary 'chasm' (which required an A-frame and zipwire to be erected to traverse). The tournament was last held in 1999 due to cutbacks.

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^There is a memorial statue to Portsmouth's Command Field Gun teams near to HMS Victory in Portsmouth' Historic Dockyard area.



^ A documentary about Portsmouth's Command Field Gun team, made in 1979

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_gun_competition

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(ships, planes and games) 8/6/2018

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Royal Netherlands Ship ZrMs Tromp, a De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate, has arrived in Portsmouth today

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Rob Hinton ( @TugmasterRob ) was in action again today in Portsmouth Harbour for HMS Queen Elizabeth's departure at 09:45 BST today.
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(ships, planes and gaming) 11th June 2018
Royal Netherlands Navy ship ZrMs Tromp leaving Portsmouth on Monday 11th June.
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(ships, planes and gaming) 11th June 2018
Belgian minesweeper BNS Crocus sails out of HMNB Portsmouth on Monday 11th June 2018

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There was a Nuclear Siren test in the dockyard at 09:30. :shock: :clap:

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Pompey for an upgrade?

I was looking through some recent HMNB Portsmouth tweets, and found this interesting one from 27th June 2018, which surprised me.



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This photo shows a model of HMNB Portsmouth. Look closely, you'll see a longer D Lock (orange area) and an enlarged Fountain Lake Jetty (yellow area), A part of Basin No.3 has also been "paved over" to become a new part of Fountain Lake Jetty. There are also two QEC models at Princess Royal and Victory jetties.
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Present day plan of HMNB Portsmouth:
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That's interesting. Nice observation.
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(ships, planes and gaming) 24 Aug 2018

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(ships, planes and gaming) 25 August 2018
JS Kashima entering Portsmouth Harbour on Saturday 25th August 2018.

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(ships, planes and gaming) 25 August 2018
JS Makinami entering Portsmouth Harbour on Saturday 25th August 2018.

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Upgrades and rebuilding work on Portsmouth's Victory Jetty, the future home of HMS Prince of Wales, have been halted for six weeks by the Environment Agency, due to concerns that building noise may upset young eels.... :wtf: :crazy:
https://www.forces.net/news/eels-delay- ... rrier-dock

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Amerigo Vespucci left after 08:00 this morning. :wave:

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QHM Portsmouth says MAKINAMI will leave Portsmouth on Tuesday 27th August at 17:30, followed by KASHIMA at 18:00.

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From Portsmouth News:
A MAN’S body has been recovered from Portsmouth Harbour following reports of an incident this morning. Hampshire and Ministry of Defence police officers were called at 7.16am after the body was found in the water close to Haslar Wall, Gosport. It was recovered by MoD police officers and Hampshire Constabulary is now working to formally identify the man.

The incident comes five days after a man jumped from a Wightlink ferry service into Portsmouth Harbour on Wednesday (29/8/2018) morning. However, the coastguard called off the search for him later that day – designating him as a missing person. A lifeboat from the Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service was also called to assist the operation this morning, alongside the Hill Head coastguard.

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HMS Massive leaves Portsmouth!

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Step aside, QE! This is what a big ship looks like! :clap:
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A new mini-Goliath for 14 Dock at Pompey?!

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