1 Dec 1920
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Bruce Fraser greeted officers returning from Soviet captivity at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
24 Mar 1921
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Carrier Eagle underwent a reconstruction at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Eagle | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
28 May 1925
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes arrived at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
17 Jun 1925
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes departed Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
23 Sep 1930
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes arrived at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
29 Sep 1930
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes departed Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom for Sheerness in Kent, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
12 Nov 1930
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes departed Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
24 Sep 1931
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- The keel of HMS Neptune was laid down at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Neptune | Portsmouth, England | AC]
31 Jan 1933
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- HMS Neptune was launched at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Neptune | Portsmouth, England | AC]
26 Jun 1933
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- The keel of HMS Amphion was laid down at the Royal Dockyard in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Perth | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
18 Nov 1934
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes departed Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
12 Jul 1935
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Aging Australian cruiser HMAS Brisbane arrived in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom with a crew for operating the future cruiser HMAS Sydney (currently HMS Phaeton). ww2dbase [Sydney | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
29 Jun 1938
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- British cruiser HMS Amphion was recommissioned as Australian cruiser HMAS Perth at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Perth | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
22 Jun 1940
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- The British motor yacht Campeador V (FY002) was requisitioned for war service on harbour patrol duties at hire rate £60.0.0d per month. She was sunk after activating a magnetic mine just south of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. 20 people lost their lives; two crew members were picked up. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | Portsmouth, England | HM]
30 Jul 1940
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- The 5,183-ton merchant steamer Umvoti, built in 1903, was taken of of service and scuttled at the entrance to Portsmouth harbour in southern Britain. The ship was subsequently cut in half and the two halves were moved to East Sands where in 1944 the wreck was broken up. ww2dbase [Portsmouth, England | HM]
6 Sep 1940
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Successful tests of the "Plastic Armour" devised by lawyer Edward Terrell were conducted at the Royal Navy gunnery school, HMS Excellent. The trials of this material which consisted of a mastic asphalt and hard granite mix on a steel plate would result in a directive being issued that the bridge and gun positions on merchant ships (and subsequently, in December, for naval ships) should be protected with the new material to deflect bullets. Terrell would later receive an award of £9,500 from the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors for this protective material. ww2dbase [Portsmouth, England | AC]
18 Jan 1941
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- British destroyer HMS Castleton was damaged by German bombing while under repair at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Portsmouth, England | CPC]
27 May 1942
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- A German Ju 87 Stuka aircraft sank British anti-submarine trawler HMT Arctic Pioneer off Portsmouth Harbour, England, United Kingdom; 18 were killed, 16 survived. ww2dbase [Portsmouth, England | CPC]
20 Aug 1942
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- German bombers attacked Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
25 Sep 1942
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Isaac Sweers departed Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom for Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Isaac Sweers | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
7 Jun 1944
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- HMS Rodney collided with LCT 427 off Portsmouth, England, slicing the LCT in half and killing all 13 British Royal Navy personnel aboard the LCT. ww2dbase [Rodney | Portsmouth, England | CPC, DS]
14 Jul 1944
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Heinkel aircraft of III/KG3 flew 23 sorties to launch V-1 bombs against Southampton, England, United Kingdom during the night. Most missed the City or were shot down but night fighters. However, one came down on Newcomen Road in Portsmouth killing 15 and another killed all members of a family that had fled London and were staying with friends in the small village of Goodworth Clatford. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 1 | Portsmouth, England | HM]
1 Mar 1962
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Wasp arrived at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
15 May 1969
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Wasp arrived at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom and participated in a NATO naval review presided by Queen Elizabeth and her consort Prince Philip. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
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