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Sentence Examples Sandown-class minehunter HMS Pembroke is due to return to Portsmouth today after a deployment to the Mediterranean on NATO duty. Many were built in the dry docks at Southampton and Portsmouth while smaller ones were constructed at Stokes Bay, Gosport and Beaulieu. A new expanded yard at Portsmouth will be the most modern naval shipbuilding facility in the world. September 30 saw HMS Alderney's last entry into Portsmouth with her decommissioning pennant flying after a final visit to her namesake island. He appeared before Portsmouth Magistrates yesterday dressed in a green robe, blue cloak and with talismans around his neck. He began at 6.30 am, greeting men arriving for work at the naval yard in nearby Portsmouth. And, by his own admission, the one-time Portsmouth trainee isn't the player he was at the start of the season. United started well against Portsmouth and the game was over after 16 minutes. Obviously injuries may be picked up in their Boxing Day game against Portsmouth, so keep one eye on that match. This will allow Portsmouth Naval Base to handle the new generation of warships, particularly the future aircraft carrier. She was speaking about the recent anti-paedophilia campaign in this country and mob-ruled witch-hunts in Portsmouth over the weekend. Now, after an extensive refit and repairs, carried out at Portsmouth, the ship is again preparing for front-line service. As the ship was heading from Portsmouth to Rosyth for a one-year refit, the three-day visit to Hull was slotted in to her schedule. Nine months of work has finished on upgrading one of the main gates at Portsmouth Naval Base, which has now re-opened for traffic. A Skipton pilot was commended by the Royal Air Force for successfully landing a burning aircraft at Portsmouth airport. The first factory to use steam engines was in Portsmouth Dock Yard for the making of pulley blocks for sailing ships. The warship will fly the personal pennant of the Duke of Marlborough to mark his presence on board as she leaves Portsmouth Harbour. And while Leicester won, their fans got a thorough soaking on the open stand at Portsmouth. Crew predicted the mission to the bottom of the world would prove hazardous even before the survey ship sailed from Portsmouth last October. She has been living in Britain for nine years and is studying at Portsmouth University. Show More Sentences He guided his newly-promoted Portsmouth team to the dizzy heights of the top four. The weekend was rounded off by a Families Day, with the ship sailing back from Shoreham to Portsmouth to prepare for summer leave. Only blanks were used for the Royal war games when she visited the armed forces at Portsmouth. The Royal Navy group, which will include a submarine, a frigate, a destroyer and two support vessels, will set out from Portsmouth on Saturday. All personnel on duty in Portsmouth for the duration of the festival will get special passes giving free access. A shoal of baby four-eyed fish are among the latest attractions at Portsmouth. Liverpool need to beat Portsmouth at home on Tuesday to halt the slide towards mid-table obscurity. With a ship's company of over 240, many of them with homes in the Portsmouth area, the arrival was a welcome and long-awaited event. Met a really nice and pretty girl on the train home tonight, a student at Portsmouth Uni studying marketing. Two Sandown-class minehunters are to leave Portsmouth today to relieve sister ships Sandown and Bangor in the Gulf. She was in Portsmouth when news filtered through that the war in Europe was over. Vosper Thorneycroft in Portsmouth is building the bow sections, masts and funnels for all six ships. Portsmouth is a great port to sail from on an evening, with excellent views from the deck of the naval ships and dockyards. The ships are tied up in Portsmouth naval base, with the numbers on board reduced to single figures. He talked about my stint at Portsmouth as though the two challenges, his at Anfield, mine at Portsmouth, could be reasonably compared. Portsmouth have got their act together with an infrastructure that's compatible with bendy buses. I travel up from Portsmouth and with a bit of inside knowledge I can safely say Wanderers will finish above Pompey. I should have liked to have seen the drumhead ceremony in Portsmouth today. No date has been set for a final decision, but they are waiting for neighbours such as Dorset and Portsmouth to catch up. Having thus disburdened his mind, he instantly withdrew, left the office, and proceeded to Portsmouth to take the command of the expedition. Show More Sentences In February 1776, smallpox appeared among Dunmore's troops, who had established a precarious camp on a spit of land near Portsmouth, Virginia. Child made his money victualling the navy and lived at Portsmouth before developing a great estate at Wanstead in Essex. Off Cowes and Portsmouth these mighty vessels lay at anchor along with attendant merchantmen and store ships. The design was quite fashionable at the time and variations were common in Boston, Salem, and Portsmouth. But the relationship between the Navy and Portsmouth runs much deeper than sharing good times and exchanging warm smiles. They have been a chronic problem in coastal areas in recent years, particularly in the New Forest, the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. Had Liverpool hung on to beat Portsmouth at Anfield yesterday then they would also have secured the tie of the round. After manufacture at Huntington, 72 steel-framed modules have now been craned into position at Portsmouth. When Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the Navy had just placed into service a diving bell for submarine rescue. Judge Brodrick's father, His Honour, Judge Norman Brodrick, QC, was Recorder of Portsmouth. The fact that Portsmouth and Wolves returned after similarly barren years no doubt gives them hope. The ferry barges across the seafront for its dock with categoric straightness, welcome after the shambles and indirection of Portsmouth. The Type 42 destroyer has made a symbolic final entry into her home base, Portsmouth, trailing her decommissioning pennant. The ship reached Portsmouth in England after a seven-day trans-Atlantic crossing. Cameras will also be present at the march past of veterans in Southsea near Portsmouth. Somewhere on Interstate 95 between Portsmouth, N.H., and Boston, this road sign stands plainly, unimposingly, on a patch of gravel and broken glass. Police warned that she and other sniffer dogs would be regularly used to stop so-called human mules bringing down drugs from London to sell in Southampton and Portsmouth. The first time was to my boarding school alma mater, Portsmouth Abbey, an excellent place run by Benedictine monks. However, with Chelsea counting down to the retention of the championship and with Portsmouth struggling to escape relegation, we had a first half of virtual stalemate. Stampy, the biggest YouTube star this side of the pond, is also known as 23-year-old Joseph Garrett from Portsmouth. Show More Sentences The Dickenses were to move house twice during the first two years of Charles's life, and the novelist later recalled Portsmouth with considerable vagueness. And unfortunately that's what we saw from Becks in the Portsmouth game so that explains why I dropped him to play with the stiffs when the first team was at Blackburn. The increasingly impressive Tenorio shimmied into the box from the right and pulled a ball back to the feet of the Portsmouth legend, who welted the ball high and wide. Faden's father, convicted of burglary, had died in the prison hulks off Portsmouth, and Marella herself was found guilty of stealing a dead sheep. With access to the sea and sitting astride the main north-south roads running from Boston to Portsmouth, Ipswich was not isolated from political events. In 1812, with the long-drawn-out war against Napoleonic France still being waged both at sea and on land, Portsmouth was a busy, various, but generally unlovely town. In Portsmouth, a down-ballot ticket-mate, county attorney candidate Joe Plaia, joined Maggie as she mingled with voters. Despite Mum's apprehensions we made the motorway journey from Little Walden down to the London orbital road and out to Portsmouth without a hiccup. The destroyer has now returned to her home port of Portsmouth, and is undergoing preparations for a docking and maintenance period which will last throughout the summer. Patriotism is a word often used these days, but for the Portsmouth shipyard workers, it's much more than just a word, or even a flag-waving battle cry. He did succeed for a while in owning Portsmouth FC, the even more ailing British football club. The former Blackburn Girls Grammar School pupil studied at Sheffield Art College and went on to study fine art, painting and sculpting at Portsmouth University. The ferry docked at Portsmouth on Monday evening at around 9pm. Two services to Portsmouth are provided daily from the Terminal de la Citadelle. Crossing times to Portsmouth vary from five hours and thirty minutes to eight hours. Kearsarge was built at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, under the 1861 American Civil War emergency shipbuilding program. After being removed from the ground the boat was kept in a waterlogged state at the Mary Rose Trust at Portsmouth. Most of these ships were placed along the Cinque Ports, but Portsmouth was also enlarged. Plans called for Soubise's force to wait for good winds, and then cross the Channel speedily from Le Havre landing in Portsmouth. Thomas Delves Broughton and Frances Corkran, on 4 April 1866 while stationed at Portsmouth. Show More Sentences He formally entered the Royal Navy on 13 July 1854, aged 13, on board Nelson's former flagship, Victory, at Portsmouth. Furious left Hong Kong and the China Station in March 1861 and, after a leisurely voyage home, paid off in Portsmouth on 30 August. He spent 15 of the next 25 years in four tours of duty at Portsmouth concerned with development of gunnery and torpedoes. She plied between Portsmouth and Hong Kong, taking out relief crews and bringing home the crews they replaced. The Elizabeth River estuary is important for Norfolk, Virginia, Chesapeake, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia and Portsmouth, Virginia. The British fleet was ordered to return home, and set sail from Gibraltar to Portsmouth in late September. Norway Road and Nevil Shute Road at Portsmouth Airport, Hampshire were both named after him. Hampshire has a long maritime history, and two of Europe's largest ports, Portsmouth and Southampton, lie on its coast. The South Downs and the cities of Portsmouth, Southampton, and Winchester also attract tourists to the county. Geographically inside the Hampshire LEA are 24 independent schools, Southampton has three and Portsmouth has four. Portsmouth City Council, also a UA, has 25 Liberal Democrat, 12 Conservative and 5 Labour councillors. Aldershot, Portsmouth, and Farnborough have strong military associations with the Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force respectively. The corporation had resident representatives in Newport, Lymington and Portsmouth. Southsea is a seaside resort and geographic area, located in Portsmouth at the southern end of Portsea Island, Hampshire, England. Southsea is located to the south of Portsmouth city centre and to the east of Old Portsmouth. Following the end of the war, in 1945 Southsea and the rest of Portsmouth embarked on a massive clearance and rebuilding scheme. The initial creation of the town council was opposed by Portsmouth City Council. The line was not able to compete with the Portsmouth corporation tram services. She was once more caulked and repaired in 1527 in a newly dug dock at Portsmouth and her longboat was repaired and trimmed. A British naval force of 9,000 sailed from Portsmouth in November 1758 under the command of Peregrine Hopson. Show More Sentences Mark Whatson is the pastor of All Saints, which is an Anglican church in the Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth. The clay extends west up the Frome valley to Dorchester, and would originally have extended east beyond Portsmouth in Hampshire. From the pier head there are panoramic views across the Solent to Portsmouth four miles away. In its heyday, the pier received passenger ferries from Portsmouth and other south coast towns. In the early nineteenth century, ferries ran to the island from Lymington and Portsmouth. Later, steam ferries operated a circular route around Lymington, Yarmouth, Cowes, Ryde and Portsmouth. This involved remodelling the terminal facilities at both Fishbourne and Portsmouth. Red Funnel's main competitor is Wightlink whose services operate from Portsmouth to Fishbourne and Ryde, and from Lymington to Yarmouth. There are two departures an hour to Ryde Pier Head which connect with Wightlink Ferries which take passengers to Portsmouth Harbour Station. These include travel on the catamaran service to or from Portsmouth as appropriate. Portsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England. The ferry from Portsmouth Harbour Station to Ryde on the Isle of Wight is operated by Wightlink. The change revolutionised passenger transport to the island and Portsmouth became the principal mainland access point. The Portsmouth Direct Line serves and occasionally enters the westernmost part of West Sussex, although it has no railway stations in the county. Naval shipbuilding and construction remain key as well, with Bath Iron Works in Bath and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. Anne Hutchinson, who was also banished by Massachusetts, formed the town of Portsmouth. The Portsmouth Direct Line is significant in linking Haslemere, Godalming and Guildford to the South Western Main Line at Woking. The Sally Simpson interior sequence was filmed in the Wesley Hall in Fratton Road, Portsmouth. Others on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks Portsmouth and local churches were used. The former Pompey manager was vilified by some fans for abandoning ship last October as Portsmouth slid into financial chaos. Show More Sentences Sea Cadets on the yardarms of the Training Ship Royalist in Portsmouth several hours before a cadet fell overboard from the ship and died. The jetton is identical to six found on Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose when she was raised from the seabed off Portsmouth. Moored in Portsmouth Harbour, HMS Rame Head is used by the Special Boat Service for training. John Edwards played it at a Status Quo gig in Falkirk and Level 42 bassist Mark King played it at a festival in Portsmouth last week. And defender Joe, 18, from Portsmouth could be set for his own shot at the bigtime after making the last 22 of Samsung's Win A Pro Contract. After a woman bought them at the sale in Portsmouth, Hampshire, she took them to the Stride and Son saleroom in Chichester, Sussex. This MAU had been due to dock at Portsmouth and Southampton but had been diverted at the last moment into South Wales ports. Altogether 45 machines were installed at Portsmouth, and by 1808 the plant was producing 130,000 blocks per year. Much of the UK's space industry is centred on EADS Astrium, based in Stevenage and Portsmouth. Under Henry VIII, who developed the Royal Navy and its Portsmouth base, the island was fortified at Yarmouth, Cowes, East Cowes, and Sandown. He was engaged to build the machinery for making ships' pulley blocks for the Royal Navy in the Portsmouth Block Mills. He also invested in dockyards, and commissioned the oldest surviving dry dock in 1495 at Portsmouth. He finally reached England on 22 July, when he sailed into Portsmouth, England to a hero's welcome. To the south of London, the Wey and Arun Canal linked London to Portsmouth. In Portsmouth Southsea and Gosport waves of 150 bombers destroyed vast swaths of the city with 40,000 incendiaries. Cardiff was bombed on three nights, Portsmouth centre was devastated by five raids. The effective relaxation of the population rule led to applications from Portsmouth and Salford. As the borough had more inhabitants than Portsmouth and had absorbed Devonport and East Stonehouse, the King agreed to the request. Portsmouth International Port is a commercial cruise ship and ferry port for international destinations. The University of Portsmouth enrols 23,000 students and is ranked among the world's best modern universities. Show More Sentences Portsmouth is also the birthplace of author Charles Dickens and engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In 1001, the Danes returned and pillaged Portsmouth and surrounding locations, threatening the English with extinction. In 1416, a number of French ships blockaded Portsmouth, which housed ships that were set to invade Normandy. Around this time a Tudor defensive boom stretched from the Round Tower to Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, as a protection to Portsmouth Harbour. In 1650, the first ship to be built for more than 100 years, HMS Portsmouth, was launched. His body was brought back to Portsmouth in November that year and received the highest naval and military honours. The Royal Navy's reliance on Portsmouth led to it becoming the most fortified city in the world. From 1808 the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, tasked with stopping the slave trade, operated out of Portsmouth. In 1820, the Portsea Improvement Commissioners installed gas street lighting throughout the town, followed by Old Portsmouth three years later. During the 19th century, Portsmouth grew and expanded across Portsea Island. Portsmouth was granted city status in 1926, following a long campaign by the borough council. Around the unicorn is wrapped a representation of the Tudor defensive boom which stretched across Portsmouth Harbour. During the Second World War, the city, particularly the port, was bombed extensively by the Luftwaffe in the Portsmouth Blitz. Portsmouth was affected by the British Empire's decline in the latter half of the 20th century. Despite the cutbacks made to traditional sectors, Portsmouth still remained an attractive place for industry. In the early 1980s, then Defence Secretary John Nott concluded that of the four home dockyards, both Portsmouth and Chatham would be closed. However, Portsmouth City Council won a concession, and rather than face closure, the dockyard was downgraded to a naval base. The main channel entering Portsmouth Harbour, which lies to the west of Portsea Island, passes between Old Portsmouth and Gosport. To the south of Portsmouth are the waters of the Solent, which connects Portsmouth Harbour and the Isle of Wight. Further north on the east coast is Great Salterns recreation ground and golf course, which forms an area around Portsmouth College. Show More Sentences The city's main station, Portsmouth and Southsea railway station, is located in the city centre, close to the Guildhall and the Civic Offices. Being located on the south coast of England, Portsmouth has a mild oceanic climate, receiving more sunshine than most of the British Isles. The city is administered by Portsmouth City Council, a unitary authority which is responsible for local affairs. They are situated in Guildhall Square, along with Portsmouth Guildhall and Portsmouth Central Library. The Guildhall is a symbol of Portsmouth, serving principally as a cultural venue. He had previously studied at the Portsmouth Eye Hospital to qualify to perform eye tests and prescribe glasses. The Portsmouth International Kite Festival is organised annually by Portsmouth City Council and The Kite Society of Great Britain. Since the release of his novel, Meades has presented a TV programme documenting Victorian architecture in Portsmouth Dockyard. It uses locations around Portsmouth for the stories, and includes writing by crime novelists William Sutton, Diana Bretherick, and others. The castle was withdrawn from active service in 1960 and was subsequently purchased by Portsmouth City Council. The Portsmouth Naval Memorial in Southsea Common commemorates 24,591 fallen soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War. It was damaged during the Siege of Portsmouth in 1642, but after the restoration of the monarchy the tower and nave were rebuilt. In 2013 Portsmouth were relegated again, this time placing them in the League Two, the fourth tier of English Football. Portsmouth lies on two different direct South West Trains routes to London Waterloo, via Guildford and Basingstoke. This service was criticised when the ferry Fortuny was detained in Portsmouth by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for numerous safety breaches. The paper was established in 1873 and was previously known as the Portsmouth Evening News. Sir Francis Austen, brother of Jane Austen, briefly lived in the area after graduating from Portsmouth Naval Academy. More contemporary Portsmouth literary figures include social critic, journalist, and author Christopher Hitchens, who was born in the city. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a famed engineer of the Industrial Revolution, was born in Portsmouth. James Callaghan, who was British prime minister from 1976 to 1979, was born and raised in Portsmouth. Show More Sentences Peter Sellers, comedian, actor, and performer, was born in Southsea, and Arnold Schwarzenegger lived and trained in Portsmouth for a short time. Cryptozoologist Jonathan Downes was born and lived in Portsmouth for a time. Helen Duncan, the last person to be imprisoned under the 1735 Witchcraft Act in the UK, was arrested in Portsmouth. A road, car park, and school in his home city of Portsmouth are also named in his honour, along with one of the city's largest public houses. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. He made a royal progress through Chichester, Havant, Portsmouth and Guildford in southern England. Born in Portsmouth, Sellers made his stage debut at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, when he was two weeks old. These include Oxford United, Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Bradford City and Leicester City. Initially, he rowed at Southsea Rowing Club, while stationed in Portsmouth with the Royal Navy and at Auriol Rowing Club in Hammersmith. This ticket also covers the cost of passage on the Wightlink catamaran from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head. A private Conan Doyle collection is a permanent exhibit at the Portsmouth City Museum, where the author lived and worked as a physician. However, the regiment was transported to England and marched to Portsmouth to be embarked for service in India. Serco Marine Services is responsible for fleet support at the three main UK naval bases, HMNB Portsmouth, HMNB Devonport and HMNB Clyde. In 1845 the first occupiers were the Royal Marines of the Portsmouth Division followed though the years by many famous regiments. In 1835, Englishman William Richardson erected the first independent homestead, near a boat anchorage around what is today Portsmouth Square. Only one service now remains, a foot passenger service between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight run by Hovertravel. Huddersfield were promoted to the Second Division, along with champions Portsmouth and local rivals Cardiff City. The war concluded with the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt. Admiral Alfred Tirpitz had also often visited Portsmouth as a naval cadet and admired and envied the Royal Navy. Princess Royal stayed initially at Rosyth but transferred to dry dock at Portsmouth before returning to duty at Rosyth 21 July. Show More Sentences He also reported progress on the proposed Hotel and Marina at the Cabrits in Portsmouth. A tremendous Lee Mills bomb in the 33rd minute was not enough for Portsmouth to improve on their dismal away record. In his memoirs, With My Little Eye, he tells of a meeting between a mystery man in civvies and a key naval ocer in a Portsmouth pub. I remember him at Portsmouth doing a stepover that sent the goalkeeper out for a packet of sweets and rolling the ball into an empty net. Mattingly is lead section cytotechnologist at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, Ohio. In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, one of the honorees at this year's annual Heroes Breakfast was a group known as the Pease Greeters. The Portsmouth we saw battle so gutsily at Spurs on Monday was not the Portsmouth we have seen labour so badly this season. As such, the cynics are claiming Cardiff versus Portsmouth is the dourest final for years. Richie Puttock, of the Royal Marines Association, led the campaign to encourage troops to attend the funeral in Portsmouth, Hants. The station, which began broadcasting on 31 December 1970, is named after the Solent, the area of sea between Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight increased in popularity for holidaymakers and the Portsmouth to Ryde ferry route, owned by the Southern Railway, was the main route to the island. Passengers can use this to connect with the rest of the National Rail network at Portsmouth Harbour station, which is adjacent to the Portsmouth terminal. Five years later, Charles' unpopular military adviser, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, was stabbed to death in an Old Portsmouth pub by war veteran John Felton. When King Henry II died in 1189, his son Richard I, who had spent most of his life in France, arrived in Portsmouth before he was crowned in London. Situated at the end of the town's pier, it is adjacent to the terminal for the Wightlink fast catamaran service connecting the island with Portsmouth on the UK mainland. Trains connect with passenger ferries to Portsmouth Harbour at Ryde Pier Head, and these ferries in turn connect with the rest of the National Rail network. In August 2017, Wightlink announced that its new vehicle ferry for the Portsmouth to Fishbourne service would enter service in 2018 and would be called Victoria of Wight. Being somewhat shorter than Ryde Pier, it could not be used at all points of the tide, and so offered little competition to the main Ryde to Portsmouth ferry services. The Wightlink catamaran runs regularly between Ryde and Portsmouth. A statement from the owners, Portsmouth City Council, said the authority will speak to the underbidder and other interested parties to try to sell the manor. Show More Sentences A catamaran service run by Wightlink operates from Ryde Pier to Portsmouth Harbour which connects with both Island Line trains and mainland trains to London Waterloo. Their second record was the EP Five Songs, recorded in Portsmouth. Because of the massive size of the new vessels, the outlet from Portsmouth needed to be surveyed to make sure that they could sail no matter the tide. However, due to confusion with Buckland, Portsmouth, also in Hampshire, many people refer to themselves and their businesses here solely as Lymington. First uses stops around Pound Tree Road and Vincent's Walk, except the X4 to Portsmouth and X5 to Gosport, which start and end their journeys from Westquay. Chichester railway station, on the West Coastway Line, has regular services to Brighton, London Victoria via Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton. Yponomeuta Padella, or ermine moth caterpillars weave an intricate web over a roadside hawthorn hedge and speed sign in Catherington near Portsmouth yesterday. That's Solent is a local television channel that began broadcasting in November 2014, which will be based in and serve Southampton and Portsmouth. In 2005 the Government Statistics stated that Southampton was the third most densely populated city in the country after London and Portsmouth, respectively. In 1911, an application for city status by Portsmouth was refused. During World War II, both Cowes and East Cowes became the targets of frequent bombing due to its industry and proximity to Southampton and the Royal Navy's home at Portsmouth. The port cities of Southampton and Portsmouth were split off as independent unitary authorities in 1997, although they are still included in Hampshire for ceremonial purposes. A magnetic mine found in 1939 at Shoeburyness, now in Southend, allowed the German magnetic mine threat to be subdued, with work done at HMS Vernon in Portsmouth. Labour took two seats, Southampton Test and Portsmouth South. He joined her at Portsmouth, where he received orders to sail to Malta and take command of a squadron there before joining the blockade of Toulon. Portsmouth and Winchester have the highest job densities in the county, so a high level of commuting occurs into the cities from towns such as Hook, or even Micheldever. Over several centuries, a series of castles and forts was constructed along the coast of the Solent to defend the harbours at Southampton and Portsmouth. The son of a merchant, he was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire and attended school at St Paul's, Southsea, Stockwell Grammar, London and King's College London. A total of 30,630 men were rescued from Cherbourg and taken to Portsmouth. From May 1891 to February 1892, Fisher was Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard at Portsmouth, where he concerned himself with improving the speed of operations. Show More Sentences When the theatre of operation moved to the Atlantic, this role was assumed by Portsmouth and Plymouth, with Chatham concentrating on shipbuilding and ship repair. Kearsarge departed Portsmouth on 5 February 1862 for the coast of Spain. Large, shallow coastal embayments can hold salt marshes with examples including Morecambe Bay and Portsmouth in Britain and the Bay of Fundy in North America. Apart from a shared police force, there is now no administrative link with Hampshire, although a combined local authority with Portsmouth and Southampton is being considered. She performed the Welsh aational Anthem on 17 May 2008 at the 2008 FA Cup Final between Cardiff City and Portsmouth, becoming the first person to do this at an FA Cup Final. Due to an error the Fleet left Portsmouth without its main supply of ammunition, and were not resupplied until the Fleet docked in Rio de Janeiro midway through the voyage. In July 1940, the air and sea blockade began with the Luftwaffe mainly targeting coastal shipping convoys, ports and shipping centres, such as Portsmouth. The eight-strong team, known as the Grunt Futtocks, after a famous Kenneth Williams sketch, set off on the 17 day, 300 mile trek, from Southport to Portsmouth, on Monday. A regular passenger ferry service on the Commodore Clipper goes from both Channel Island ports to Portsmouth daily, and carries both passengers and freight. Sellers was born on 8 September 1925, in Southsea, a suburb of Portsmouth. Many breweries were still brewing oatmeal stouts in the 1950s, for example Brickwoods in Portsmouth, Matthew Brown in Blackburn and Ushers in Trowbridge. In 1888, after spending sixteen years cataloging Newton's papers, Cambridge University kept a small number and returned the rest to the Earl of Portsmouth. Sir Walter Besant, a novelist and historian, was born in Portsmouth, writing one novel set exclusively in the town, By Celia's Arbour, A Tale of Portsmouth Town. Heathrow is directly linked to Portsmouth by National Express coaches. The rugby teams, United Services Portsmouth RFC and Royal Navy Rugby Union, both play their home matches at the United Services Recreation Ground in the city. Clarence Pier was officially opened in 1861 by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and was named after the once military governor of Portsmouth, Lord Frederick FitzClarence. Punch around Southsea, Gaiman having grown up in Portsmouth. In literature, Portsmouth is the chief location for Jonathan Meades' 1993 novel Pompey, in which it is inhabited largely by incestuous and necrophiliac criminals. John Cranko's 1951 ballet Pineapple Poll, which features the operetta music of The Bumboat Woman's Story by Gilbert and Sullivan, is also set in Portsmouth. Other districts in Portsmouth include North End and Fratton. Show More Sentences Portsmouth is situated primarily on Portsea Island and is the United Kingdom's only island city, although parts of it have expanded onto the mainland in recent years. Despite improvements made by the city council to build new accommodation, a survey made in 1955 concluded that 7000 houses in Portsmouth were unfit for human habitation. Many of the city's houses were damaged and areas of Landport and Old Portsmouth destroyed, with the future site of Gunwharf Quays being razed to the ground. But capping that extraordinary turn of events is the imminent return of Harry Redknapp, or Scummer Judas as he is known in Portsmouth football circles, to Fratton Park. Among the ferries cancelled were routes from Plymouth and Portsmouth in Britain to Roscoff, Caen, Cherbourg and Saint-Malo in France and to Bilbao in Spain. The Cabrits Resort Kempinski Dominica will be a 101-room hotel on Douglas Bay in Cabrits on the north shore of the island, close to the town of Portsmouth. Marc Isambard Brunel established the world's first mass production line at Portsmouth Block Mills making pulley blocks for rigging on the navy's ships. Highlights of the 10-mile event in Portsmouth, as thousands of fun runners rubbed shoulders with some of the world's finest middle-distance athletes. In my hometown of Portsmouth there was a riot in 1943, with the locals scorning attempts by American military policemen to enforce a color bar in the pubs. A MILLS bomb was not enough for Portsmouth to improve on their dismal away performances as Town's home-grown strikers hit back in a super second-half display. Around this time, a bill was passed in the House of Commons regarding the creation of a canal to link Portsmouth to Chichester, but the project was abandoned. Bramsdon, who claimed that he had been elected at Portsmouth only by promising not to support Asquith, protested openly at his remaining leader from outside the Commons. Examples from Classical Literature It had been for some time seen that the town of Portsmouth was not a tenable post. There were also other vessels and establishments at Portsmouth, Devonport and Chatham. The Governor began to chortle after a quick glance at the vanishing red light of the Portsmouth car. Circleville, Chillicothe and Portsmouth, being the principal towns on the river course, suffered most. I shall take the flyaway back to Portsmouth harbor as soon as I can get there. About as many reach Portsmouth and gosport, to the perplexity of the authorities. In a couple of hours Portsmouth, gosport and Portsea had ceased to be towns. But there were other sights in Portsmouth besides the red-coats and their Governor. From Portsmouth we proceeded to margate, which we reached on Sunday morning. There were Papists, too, amongst us, who were compelled to go as far as Portsmouth for their Mass. We now received orders to prepare to embark on the troopship Euphrates for Portsmouth en route for Aldershot. You wade along in this way step by step, like a mudlark at Portsmouth Hard, hoping gradually to regain the surface. Along the old Portsmouth road were, and are still, any number of nautically named inns. She headed thence for Portsmouth, when she was overtaken in the Channel by the northwester. Full of these ideas, he hurried to Portsmouth in pursuit of Virginia's father. Why, I wrote from Portsmouth to a person in London, for particulars of your address. Admiral triton insisted on accompanying his friends to Portsmouth. Laurenza says expanded public transportation would help connect earless mlllennials to Nashua, Manchester, Concord and Portsmouth. He took the enemy's ship, and carried it in triumph into Portsmouth. The largest is James river, with Portsmouth and gosport near the mouth. Show More Sentences The Blenkers, dear original beings, have hired a primitive old farm-house at Portsmouth where they gather about them representative people. Next Saturday, Chelsea will be dreaming of a Double or a consolation FA Cup win when they face stony-broke Portsmouth at Wembley. He used it to the full during the Chicago Convention of 1907 and the Peace Conference at Portsmouth. They may easily get her from Portsmouth to town by the coach, under the care of any creditable person that may chance to be going. But you, yourself, brought Mrs Harville, her sister, her cousin, and three children, round from Portsmouth to Plymouth. At Portsmouth, Nelson at length found news of the combined fleet. Joseph Harrison drove us down to the station, and we were soon whirling up in a Portsmouth train. Two English captives escaped at Passamaquoddy, and got into Portsmouth. Find more words! 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