locoboy
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| posted on 17/3/14 at 10:44 AM |
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Accommodation recommendations required Portsmouth
Hi Fellas,
I am heading down to Portsmouth for a couple of days round the historic Docks in mid May this year.
Its me, the misses and the inlaws, looking for any recommendations as to where to stay locally. Not fussed if we need to get the train in to the docks
from the place we are staying.
Looking for somewhere middle of the road price wise, comfy and clean
Any Ideas?
Thanks
Col
ATB
Locoboy
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rick1962uk
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| posted on 17/3/14 at 01:38 PM |
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i stayed at
premier inn‎
Long Curtain Road
Portsmouth, Hampshire PO5 3AA
0871 527 9014
its more southsea but was clean and if you ask when you book you get a sea veiw and can watch the ships coming in it looks a bit rougth but its a very
clean and friedly hotel
also you must eat at the castle just pass the d day museum it has a cafe the roast is to die for i had 2 nights foe £70
and for breakfast opposite the park there is a pub that does a full english cheap but good
its the lord palmstone well worth it
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nick205
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| posted on 17/3/14 at 01:46 PM |
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Can't help re: accommodation, but we took kids and grandparents there last summer. Really good day out for all ages, with a lot to take in.
The new Mary Rose museum is very good, but the highlight for me was HMS Warrior, the iron hulled ship. If you can get a tour guide to show you around
you'll get a really good insight into life on the ship. We ran out of time for the submarine museum so will probably go again this summer.
Not part of the dock yard entry, but if you have time, the Spinnaker tower is also worth doing. On a good day the views over Portsmouth and the south
coast over to the isle of White are spectacular. My kids were adamant the Isle of White was America 
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jeffw
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| posted on 17/3/14 at 03:25 PM |
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I used to work in the Dockyard....It wasn't unusual to walk from CinC Fleet offices where I worked to South Railway Jetty (the one nearest the
Warrior) in uniform and be asked all sorts of questions by the tourists. I think they thought we where the tour guides....
The Submarine Museum in Dolphin is interesting although Alliance is looking a bit sad these days. HMS Victory (note HMS as it is still commissioned
in the RN, Warrior is not HMS any more) was also my favourite. They do have a WWI Monitor in one of the Dry Docks as well now.
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nick205
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| posted on 17/3/14 at 03:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
HMS Victory (note HMS as it is still commissioned in the RN, Warrior is not HMS any more) was also my favourite.
I didn't know that ships lost their HMS or that Victory was still commissioned! Learn something everyday as they say 
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jeffw
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| posted on 17/3/14 at 04:09 PM |
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to be HMS they still need to be commissioned in the RN. HMS Victory is still commissioned and is CinC Fleet Portsmouth's Flagship (or was at
least). Warrior is not commissioned and they use HMS Warrior (1860) as the title. HMS Warrior was a shore base at Norwood until the late 1990s,
here is the list from Wikipedia
At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior.
HMS Warrior was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1781. She became a receiving ship after 1818, a convict ship after 1840, and was
broken up in 1857.
HMS Warrior was the Royal Navy's first ironclad ocean-going armoured battleship, and was launched in 1860. She became a depot ship in 1902,
was renamed HMS Vernon III in 1904, and hulked as HMS Warrior in 1923. She was handed over for preservation as Warrior in 1979, and is preserved at
Portsmouth as a museum ship.
HMS Warrior was a Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser launched in 1905. She was disabled at the battle of Jutland in 1916 and foundered a day
later.
HMS Warrior was a yacht requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1917 and 1918
HMS Warrior was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier launched in 1944, having had her name changed from HMS Brave in 1942. She was loaned
to Canada from 1946 to 1948, then sold to Argentina and renamed ARA Independencia in 1958.
HMS Warrior was the name assigned to the operational headquarters of the Royal Navy in Northwood, London from 1963. The base became the Joint
Headquarters in 1996, before being decommissioned in 1999 to become the Joint Services Headquarters.
HMS Belfast is interesting because MoD allowed the Imperial War Museum to use 'HMS' even though she is no longer commissioned.
HMS Caroline was the longest serving 'HMS' still afloat and is a WWI Cruiser. She was built in 1914 and was decommissioned in 2011. She
is now being restored as a Museum Ship.
[Edited on 17/3/14 by jeffw]
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Dave Bailey
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| posted on 17/3/14 at 06:22 PM |
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I live in Portsmouth so can check something out if you want... Problem is living here means you don't stay here.....
My daughter says G Boutique... But don't know how much this is.... Near the seafront...
Dave B
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snapper
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| posted on 17/3/14 at 06:53 PM |
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I stay regularly at the Queens and further down at the Royal Beach not cheap but comfy
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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