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Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...

Timeline of Events

1194

5.2.1194

King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.

1545

7.19.1545

The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth.

1787

5.13.1787

Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.

1872

12.21.1872

Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth.

1982

10.11.1982

The ''Mary Rose'', a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.