Saturday, 7 April 2012

Portsmouth

 HMS Warrior


HMS Warrior was the first armour-plated, iron-hulled  built for the Royal Navy. When she entered service in October 1861, Warrior was the largest, fastest, most heavily armed and most heavily armoured warship in the world..

Portsmouth WW1 Naval Memorial

IN HONOUR OF THE NAVY
AND TO THE ABIDING MEMORY
OF THOSE RANKS AND
RATINGS OF THIS PORT WHO LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN THE DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE AND
HAVE NO OTHER GRAVE THAN THE SEA