Portsmouth

Feb 05, 1768

Robert Stopford is born

Location: Portsmouth

1780

Robert Stopford joins the Royal Navy

Location: Portsmouth

1785

Robert Stopford is commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy is commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy

Location: Portsmouth

Sep 26, 1786

Gordon Bremer is born in Portsea near Portsmouth. He was the only son of a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy

Location: Portsmouth

Dec 1789

Robert Stopford is appointed Captain fo HMS Ferret

Location: Portsmouth

Feb 1793

William Parker joins the Royal Navy as a Captain's Servant on HMS Orion.

Location: Portsmouth

1794

Gordon Bremer joins the Royal Navy at age 12 as a volunteer on board HMS Sandwich at the Nore.

Location: Portsmouth

Dec 1800

George Byron joins the Royal Navy as a Volunteer

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 09, 1806

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is born in Portsmouth were his father had created a block making factory. He was the son of French exile Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom.

Location: Portsmouth

Feb 23, 1808

James Hosken becomes a Midshipman on HMS Formidable

Location: Portsmouth

Feb 23, 1808

James Hosken passes his examination for Lieutenant, but remains a Midshipman as he is unable to find a post with that rank straight away

Location: Portsmouth

1809

Robert Stopford marries Mary Fanshawe

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 1820

Admiral Sir James Hope joins the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth as a Cadet. After passing out he was appointed to HMS Forte.

Location: Portsmouth

May 17, 1824

Kamehameha II and Kamāmalu arrive in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

1827

Robert Stopford is made the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

1828

Thomas Reeves is born in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Dec 18, 1828

Edward Fanshawe joins the Royal Navy

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 1833

Lieutenant Symonds is appointed to HMS Vestal in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

1834

Robert Stopford is promoted to Rear-Admiral

Location: Portsmouth

1836

Captain James Dundas is give command of HMS Britannia as flag captain to Admiral Sir Philip Durham who was Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Dundas is give HMS Britannia

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 30, 1840

Edward Seymour is born. He was educated at Radley College and then Eastman's Royal Naval Academy at Southsea.

Location: Portsmouth

Jan 1843

HMS Britannia is paid off in Portsmouth and placed in reserve

Location: Portsmouth

Mar 20, 1843

Midshipman Sherard Osborn transfers to HMS Excellent in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Dec 06, 1843

Lieutenant Thomas Belgrave joins HMS Excellent in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Dec 12, 1843

Sherard Osborn is rated as Mate on HMS Excellent in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Oct 07, 1845

HMS Formidable makes an extremely fast run from Portsmouth to the Downs. She makes this 150 mile run in nine and half hours.

Location: Portsmouth

Jun 1847

Robert Stopford dies

Location: Portsmouth

Jun 05, 1850

James Goodenough is promoted to Mate in HMS Excellent

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 30, 1851

HMS Britannia is made the guard ship at Portsmouth under Captain Richard Augustus Yates

Location: Portsmouth

1852

Edward Seymour joins the Royal Navy

Location: Portsmouth

1852

HMS Highflyer Commissioned

Location: Portsmouth

1853

Command passed to Captain John Moore. She took part in the naval review as part of the Starboard division and was then sent to join the Mediterranean Fleet.

Location: Portsmouth

1854

HMS Highflyer sent to the Black Sea during the Crimean War

Location: Portsmouth

Jan 20, 1854

Captain Harris is given command of the training ship HMS Illustrious based in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Jan 03, 1855

James Goodenough joins HMS Excellent

Location: Portsmouth

Nov 24, 1855

HMS Shannon is launched from Portsmouth Dockyard

Location: Portsmouth

Jan 16, 1856

Roderick Dew joins HMS Flying Fish in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

May 12, 1856

HMS Hastings is paid off at Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 01, 1856

Recommissioned at Portsmouth under Captain Charles Shadwell, where she was joined by Jackie Fisher as a Midshipman. She then sailed for the China Station, where she took part in the Second Opium War.

Location: Portsmouth

Sep 13, 1856

HMS Shannon is commissioned under Captain William Peel in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

1859

Midshipman Edward Seymour attends the gunnery school at HMS Excellent

Location: Portsmouth

Jan 01, 1859

HMS Britannia is converted into a training ship for officer cadets in Portsmouth under the command of Captain Robert Harris

Location: Portsmouth

May 04, 1859

Midshipman Edward Seymour is promoted to Sub-Lieutenant

Location: Portsmouth

Jun 16, 1859

HMS Pearl is paid off in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 23, 1859

HMS Pearl is re-commissioned under Captain John Borlase and sent to the Chinese station

Location: Portsmouth

Jan 25, 1860

HMS Prince of Wales is launched from Portsmouth Dockyard, but never fitted for sea

Location: Portsmouth

Oct 13, 1860

A Royal Marine from HMS Trafalgar is court-martialled on HMS Victory for refusing to attend gun drill. He was sentenced to be flogged and then imprisoned for three months with hard labour.

Location: Portsmouth

May 01, 1861

HMS Cruiser is paid off in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

May 31, 1861

HMS Highflyer returns to Portsmouth and then paid off

Location: Portsmouth

Mar 05, 1862

HMS Boscawen becomes a training ship in Southampton Water under Commander Frederick Strode

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 1862

Thomas Reeves dies of consumption in Portsea

Location: Portsmouth

1863

Admiral Seymour becomes Commander in Chief at Portsmouth, which prevents him from standing for further re-election as the MP for Devonport.

Location: Portsmouth

1863

Edward Seymour becomes the Flag Lieutenant to the Command-in-Chief of Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Jul 06, 1864

Captain Sherard Osborn is given command of Royal Sovereign in Portsmouth as part of the Channel Squadron

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 1865

Lieutenant Arthur Wilson joins HMS Excellent at Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 11, 1865

HMS Shannon is paid off at Portsmouth for the last time

Location: Portsmouth

Jul 04, 1865

Captain Burgoyne is an additional Captain in HMS Victory in Portsmouth and given command of HMS Wivern

Location: Portsmouth

Jan 01, 1866

The first intake of 180 recruits arrive at HMS Ganges from HMS Wellesley, another training ship at Chatham.

Location: Portsmouth

Dec 03, 1866

Captain Goodenough is given command of HMS Minotaur in Portsmouth as an additional captain of HMS Victory in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Jun 02, 1867

William Goodenough is born is Portsmouth the son of another naval officer, James Graham Goodenough.

Location: Portsmouth

1868

Lieutenant Walter Kerr is promoted to Commander and then joins HMS Formidable commanded by Vice-Admiral Baldwin Wake Walker in the Nore

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 31, 1868

HMS Highflyer paid off for the last time before being broken up at Portsmouth in May 1871

Location: Portsmouth

1869

HMS Octavia is paid off in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Oct 23, 1869

HMS Dido was a wooden hulled ship with a steam engine for auxiliary power. She was launched in 1869, and the commissioned in 1871 and send to West Africa.

Location: Portsmouth

Nov 20, 1869

A woman is sent to goal for 21 days with hard labour for stealing a gold breast pin from a sailor of HMS Revenge

Location: Portsmouth

Feb 09, 1870

A shipwright dies while working on HMS Trafalgar at Portsmouth Dockyard

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 17, 1870

Captain Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge is given command of HMS Trafalgar as a seagoing naval cadet training ship

Location: Portsmouth

Jun 08, 1872

HMS Trafalgar is paid off at Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Sep 10, 1873

HMS Shah is launched from Portsmouth dockyard. She was originally to be called HMS Blonde, but the name was changed to honour the Shah of Persia. She was built of iron cased with wood, and intended as a swift ocean cruiser.

Location: Portsmouth

Jan 21, 1874

HMS Clio is paid off

Location: Portsmouth

Sep 23, 1874

HMS Trafalgar is towed out of Portsmouth to be taken to Portland to take over from HMS Boscwen

Location: Portsmouth

1875

vice-Admiral Fanshawe is made the President of the Royal Naval College

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 1875

Lieutenant Wyatt Rawson is appointed 3rd officer of HMS Discovery on a exploration mission into the Artic.

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 26, 1875

Captain Hoskins is given command of HMS Hector, the guard ship of Southampton Water

Location: Portsmouth

Oct 29, 1875

The officers of HMS Minotaur place a notice in the newspapers that they would not be responsible for the debts of their steward.

Location: Portsmouth