 Friday, 18 September 2009 09:00 This circular from the Admiralty to all Captains, dated August 26th, 1856 is from the Navy List of December 1860. It would appear that steam power was being used unnecessarily, and coal was being More... |
 Thursday, 17 September 2009 09:00 On March 10th, 1777 John Aitkin, since known as Jack the Painter was hung on a gallows sixty four and a half feet high, being formed of the mizen-mast of the Arethusa at Portsmouth Dockyard. His body More... |
 Wednesday, 16 September 2009 09:00 HMS Warrior, the first iron-hulled, armour-plated warship, was built for the Royal Navy in response to the French ironclad warship La Gloirefirst, which was launched a year earlier. She was built in More... |
 Tuesday, 15 September 2009 09:00 On September 10th, 1914 the elusive German light-cruiser Emden, not been seen for several weeks, suddenly appeared in the Bay of Bengal. Between September the 10th and the 16th she captured seven More... |
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Friday, 25 September 2009 12:00 There are fewer objects to awaken the passion, the various emotions such as American flags throughout history.A brief history of American flags throughout historyWhen you believe that history of the More... |
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:00 Genealogy is a fascinating and addictive hobby. In fact, many people have told me that they never used to be interested in it, but once they started looking at their ancestry they were hooked! More... |
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009 12:00 When you are tracing ancestors, one of the most common problems you will come across is the variation in surname spellings.Here are some of the reasons why this More... |
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Monday, 21 September 2009 12:00 Ettore Bugatti born in 1881 in Italy designed Bugatti. His father was an artist as well as a famous sculptor. Due to his fine carpentry work, he earned reputation in Italy and other countries. Ettore More... |
The American Flagship USS Kearsarge commissioned in 1900 visited Portsmouth in July 1903 during her service as European Squadron flagship. This photograph shows her illuminated with electric lights in Portsmouth Harbour. In the background on the right HMS Victory can also be seen illuminated. This is one many warship photographs included on the Portsmouth Dockyard 1900-1920 A Photographic History CD-ROM. (source: Portsmouth Dockyard 1900-1920 A Photographic History, please note that the image shown is of lower resolution and quality than the image on the CD-ROM)
