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'''Gosport''' is a town in [[Hampshire]], [[England]], located at the head of a [[peninsula]] at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour opposite the city of [[Portsmouth]]. Like Portsmouth, it has a long [[Royal Navy|naval]] heritage. One of its most prominent buildings is the Haslar Royal Naval Hospital, and in the 1860s the Gosport peninsula was isolated by a defensive line of artillery forts to protect the harbour against attack. During the [[Second World War]], Gosport (which, like Portsmouth, was heavily bombed) was home to the Royal Navy's main [[submarine]] base, and the town is today home to the Royal Navy Submarine Museum. | '''Gosport''' is a town in [[Hampshire]], [[England]], located at the head of a [[peninsula]] at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour opposite the city of [[Portsmouth]]. Like Portsmouth, it has a long [[Royal Navy|naval]] heritage. One of its most prominent buildings is the Haslar Royal Naval Hospital, and in the 1860s the Gosport peninsula was isolated by a defensive line of artillery forts to protect the harbour against attack. During the [[Second World War]], Gosport (which, like Portsmouth, was heavily bombed) was home to the Royal Navy's main [[submarine]] base, and the town is today home to the Royal Navy Submarine Museum. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:59, April 4, 2008
Gosport is a town in Hampshire, England, located at the head of a peninsula at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour opposite the city of Portsmouth. Like Portsmouth, it has a long naval heritage. One of its most prominent buildings is the Haslar Royal Naval Hospital, and in the 1860s the Gosport peninsula was isolated by a defensive line of artillery forts to protect the harbour against attack. During the Second World War, Gosport (which, like Portsmouth, was heavily bombed) was home to the Royal Navy's main submarine base, and the town is today home to the Royal Navy Submarine Museum.