National Museum of the Royal Navy facts for kids
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The National Museum of the Royal Navy is a group of museums that tell the amazing story of the Royal Navy. It was created in early 2009 to bring together different museums about the Navy. You can find these museums and historic ships all over the United Kingdom. They show how the Royal Navy has worked on and under the sea, on land, and even in the air!
Where to Find the Museums
The National Museum of the Royal Navy has several museum locations:
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National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool | Jackson Dock, Hartlepool |
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National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth | Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire |
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Royal Marines Museum | Closed April 2017 |
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Royal Navy Submarine Museum | Gosport, Hampshire |
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Fleet Air Arm Museum | RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset |
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Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower | Gosport, Hampshire |
Amazing Historic Ships
The National Museum of the Royal Navy also looks after several important historic ships:
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HMS Victory | Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire |
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HMS Trincomalee | Hartlepool |
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HMS Warrior | Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire |
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HMS Caroline | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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HMS M.33 | Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire |
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HMS Alliance | Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire |
The Museum's Story
The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) was set up in 2009. It helps manage money from the UK Ministry of Defence. The four original museums became part of the NMRN at that time.
The NMRN is also the special caretaker of HMS Victory. This famous ship was Admiral Lord Nelson's main ship during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
HMS Alliance is the only British submarine from World War II that still exists. It was reopened in 2014 after a big project to fix and preserve it. This project cost £7 million.
In 2014, new galleries called The Babcock Galleries opened at the museum in Portsmouth. A £4.5 million project created the "HMS - Hear My Story" exhibition. This exhibition tells stories about the Royal Navy and its people from the 20th and 21st centuries.
In October 2014, the museum got money to restore a D-Day Landing Craft (Tank) called LCT 7074. This craft had sunk at its moorings in Birkenhead. It was lifted out of the water and taken to Portsmouth to be preserved.
In August 2015, HMS M.33, a World War I ship, opened to the public. It was still being restored at the time. In December of the same year, the museum also got RML 497, a motor launch from World War II.
HMS Caroline, located in Belfast, joined the museum on May 31, 2016. This was exactly 100 years after the Battle of Jutland.
In 2017, HMS Warrior (1860) was moved to the museum from the Warrior Preservation Trust. This helped finish ongoing work and allowed for more restoration, including new paint on the ship's hull.
See also
In Spanish: Museo Nacional de la Marina Real británica para niños
