Brighton Pier

Day 21 - Portsmouth and Brighton

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August 26th 2009
The day started out grey and stayed that way most of the day. We travelled south west past Southampton to Portsmouth and the Historic Dockyard. We visited the dockyard to see the HMS Victory (Nelson’s Flagship from the Battle of Trafalgar), but also found the HMS Warrior which was the pride of Queen Victoria’s Navy in the 1860’s. The HMS Victory is the oldest commissioned warship in the w ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more