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Artist rendering of ground floor of Royal Marine Museum featuring Lynx Helicopter
Funding Announced To Reimagine Historic Boathouse Including New Royal Marines Museum
A gallery space featuring a 3/4 angle painting of Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
Trafalgar Day 2024: Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
A logo for the Iris prize featuring a laurel and a figure holding a United Kingdom flag
Uncharted Waters LGBTQ+ film nominated for award

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A child looks at a wall with photographs and a poppy-wreath with a sign reading 'lest we forget'
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Remembrance Day 2024 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy

Every year 11th November marks Remembrance Day, held in honour of all armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. The National…
The Royal Marines Band at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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Spectacular fundraising event at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in support of the new Royal Marines Museum

On Thursday 18th and Friday 19th July 2024 the National Museum of the Royal Navy will be offering visitors a unique opportunity to visit Portsmouth…
An image of the service onboard HMS M.33 from last year's Anzac Day
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Pay your respects for Anzac Day on the sole survivor from Gallipoli

An Anzac service on the 25th April 2024 at 10:30am at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will help visitors pay their respects to those from Australia and…
Christmas onboard the Submarine HMS Sentinel
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A history of Christmas traditions in the Royal Navy

Christmas is a time for friends, family, and merriment. But life can be different when you’re serving, as our collection at the National Museum of…
Scene from Ridley Scott's film Napoleon
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The truth behind Napoleon’s ‘meeting’ with the Duke of Wellington

Ridley Scott’s latest film, Napoleon, includes a scene that is sure to get a few history buffs talking: Wellington meeting Napoleon onboard HMS…
Marching to the unveiling of the Royal Marine Light Infantry Memorial at Plymouth on Tuesday November 8th 1921 by Earl Fortescue, Lord Lieutenant of Devon.
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The history of Remembrance in the Royal Navy

Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have…
Dinner in the Great Cabin onboard HMS Victory. Credit NMRN
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What is a Trafalgar Night Dinner?

Every October the Royal Navy celebrates the British Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar with a special event - the Trafalgar Night Dinner. But what…
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Statement on HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse

We are distressed and concerned at the apparent vandalism for personal profit of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse. They are designated war graves…