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

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

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

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

Jan 01, 1859

The cadet training ship HMS Britannia is given to Captain Harris in Portsmouth

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

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

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

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

Sep 10, 1873

HMS Shah is launched. She was originally to be called HMS Blonde, but the name was changed to honour the Shah of Persia.

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 1875

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

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 14, 1876

HMS Shaw was commissioned

Location: Portsmouth

Mar 02, 1878

HHY Glasgow is launched. She is to be the Royal Yacht of the Sultan of Zanzibar. She is based on the design of HMS Glasgow, which had visited Zanzibar in 1872.

She is armed with 7 muzzle loading rifled guns and a Gatling Gun. It also had a number of refinements to make her more comfortable for the Sultan, including: two state rooms, a dining saloon, a bathroom and a water closet.

Location: Portsmouth

Oct 24, 1879

On 24 October 1879 some of her crew were paid off at Portsmouth and Shah was placed in the fourth division of the Steam Reserve.

Location: Portsmouth

Feb 07, 1880

Frederick Sturdee is promoted to Lieutenant and joins the brig HMS Martin in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

1882

David Beatty enters Burney's Naval Academy at Gosport to prepare for the examinations for joining HMS Britannia.

Location: Portsmouth

Apr 1882

John de Robeck transfers to HMS St. Vincent in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Aug 1882

John de Robeck transfers to HMS Excellent in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

May 1884

Lieutenant John Jellicoe is appointed to the staff of HMS Excellent at Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

1885

In 1885 she became the flagship of the Training Squadron for training young officers. While she was serving in this capacity she became the last Square Rigged ship to leave Portsmouth Harbour under sail.

Location: Portsmouth

Dec 1886

Lieutenant John Jellicoe is given command of experimental department at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

1888

John Robarts dies of heart disease at his home in Southsea in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

May 13, 1888

William Hewett dies in the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Jun 20, 1888

Admiral Sir John Commerell is appointed the Commander-in-Chief of Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Jul 18, 1889

HMS Camperdown was armed with two pairs of 13.5 inch guns in barbettes positioned on the centre-line at either end of the superstructure, and she was also armed with a ram bow. She was commissioned, and a year later sent to the Mediterranean fleet.

Location: Portsmouth

Jun 1894

Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon becomes Commander-in-Chief of Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth

Nov 23, 1896

Henry Curtis dies in Portsea

Location: Portsmouth