Start time Display or activity Performers Zone Location

Please note times are correct at time of print.  Any changes will be advised on the day.

Start time

Display or activity

Performers

Zone

Location

10.00am

Ships open and living history commences.

All

All zones

 

10.30am

Field Gun Competition

HMS Nelson & HMS Sultan

Present

Display Arena

11.00am

Victorian song and dance

 

The Festival Players

Past

Outside Boathouse 7

 

Meet Your Naval Ancestors – a short talk

Ian Mackenzie

Past

Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate

11.15am

Royal Marines action packed VIP rescue

From 40 Commando Royal Marines

Present

Display Arena

 

Miniature Fleet Review

Surface Warship Association

Past

Model Boat Display Arena

11.30am

C18th Redcoats and musket firing

The Association of Crown Forces 1776

Past

Victory Arena

 

Royal Navy Volunteer Band Concert

RN Volunteer Band

Past

St Ann’s Church

                  

Pirate school for children (a small charge will apply)

Earley Days

Past

Port Arena

 

Nelsonian cutters on the water with firing display* (*Sat & Sun only)

Victory Cutter Crew & (Sat&Sun)The Historical Maritime Society

Past

Start from Camber dock

 

Victorian Military drums

(Sat only)

The Fort Cumberland Guard

Past

Victory Gate

 

Popular hits from Adjutant General Corp 

Adjutant General Corp

Future

Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty

Noon

Drill and firing display by Napoleonic riflemen 

2nd Battalion, 95th Rifles

Past

Victory Arena

 

Victorian dockworkers

The Festival Players

Past

Outside Storehouse No.9

 

Steam Pinnace gets up to steam (Sat & Sun only)

Steam Pinnace 199

Past

Camber Dock

 

Miniature Battleships mine sweeping

Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team

Past

Model Boat Display Arena

 

Paddy Taylor

Paddy Taylor

Future

Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty

12.30pm

Japanese Band Performance (sun only)

The Band of the Japanese Navy

Future

Ship Stage

 

Nelson’s first triumph - The Battle of the Nile 1799, an interactive display

Ancient Wisdom

Past

Port Arena

 

Talk about Monitor M33 (supported by Hampshire County Council Museum Service)

The Bluejackets

Past

Monitor M33

 

Victorian drill and musket firing (Sat only)

The Fort Cumberland Guard

Past

Warrior Slipway

 

Hornpipe

RN Physical Training Team

Past

Victory Arena

12.45pm

Sniffer Dog Display

MOD Police Dog Team

Present

Display Arena

1pm

Pirate school for children (a small charge will apply)

Earley Days

Past

Port Arena

1.06pm

Search and Rescue Harbour Display

771 Sqn RN Search and Rescue

All Zones

Harbour and Big Screens

1.15pm

C18th sailors' clothing and weapons, including musket firing.

The Senior Service

Past

Victory arena

 

Miniature Fleet Review

Surface Warship Association

Past

Model Boat Display Arena

 

Army Medical Services Band (sun only)

Army Medical Services Band

Present

Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty

1.30pm

Royal Marines action packed VIP rescue

From 40 Commando Royal Marines

Present

Display Arena

 

C18th cannon drill and firing

The Association of Crown Forces 1776

Past

Victory Arena

 

Nelsonian cutter on the water, plus (Sat & Sun) 23 foot launch.

Victory Cutter Crew & (Sat & Sun) The Historical Maritime Society

Past

Start from Camber dock.

 

Royal Navy Volunteer Band Concert

RN Volunteer Band

Past

St Ann’s Church

 

Squadron Scramble! Interactive Battle of Britain display

Ancient Wisdom

Past

Port Arena

 

Suppression of the Slave Trade – a talk

Admiralty Librarian Jenny Wraight

Past

Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate

2pm

Royal Navy Historic Fly past

RN Historic Flight

All Zones

Harbour and Big Screens

 

Field Gun Competition

HMS Nelson & HMS Sultan

Present

Display Arena

2.10pm

Victorian song

The Festival Players

Past

Outside Boathouse 7

 

Royal Navy cutlass drill (and a chance for children to have a go with foam “swords”

The Bluejackets

Past

Camber Dock

 

Popular hits from Adjutant General Corp 

Adjutant General Corp

Future

Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty

2.30pm

Nelson’s first triumph

Ancient Wisdom

Past

Port Arena

 

World War One gas mask drill (supported by Hampshire County Council Museum Service)

The Bluejackets

Past

Monitor M33

 

Victorian Military drums

(Sat only)

The Fort Cumberland Guard

Past

Victory Gate

 

Organ Recital

Various Artists

Past

St Ann’s Church

2.30pm

Miniature Battle of Trafalgar

Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team

Past

Model Boat Display Arena

 

Royal Naval Division

Admiralty Curator Kate Brett

Past

Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate

3pm

C18th Redcoats and musket firing

The Association of Crown Forces 1776

Past

Victory Arena

 

Victorian dance

The Festival Players

Past

Outside Boathouse 7

 

Pirate school for children (a small charge will apply)

Earley Days

Past

Port Arena

 

Gun Drill (Sat & Sun only)

Alabama Crew

Past

On board HMS Warrior

3.05pm

Coastguard, Royal National Lifeboat Institute Air Ambulance Fly Past

Coastguard & RNLI

All zones

Harbour and Big Screens

3.30pm

Nelson’s first triumph

Ancient Wisdom

Past

Port Arena

 

Steam Pinnace gets up to steam

Steam Pinnace 199

Past

Camber Dock

 

Nelsonian cutters on the water with firing display* (*Sat & Sun only)

Victory Cutter Crew & (Sat & Sun) The Historical Maritime Society

Past

Start from Camber dock.

 

Hornpipe

RN Physical Training Team

Past

Victory Arena

 

Destruction of U 678 off Beachy Head – a talk

Historian Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones

Past

Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate

 

Japanese Band Performance  (sun only)

The Band of the Japanese Navy

Future

Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty Ship Stage

4pm

Victorian drill and musket firing (Sat only)

The Fort Cumberland Guard

Past

Warrior slipway

 

Pirate school

Earley Days

Past

Port Arena

 

Drill and firing display by Napoleonic riflemen

2nd Battalion, 95th Rifles

Past

Victory Arena

 

Victorian song and dance

The Festival Players

Past

Outside Storehouse 9

4.15pm

Maritime Assault Display

Royal Marines from 40 Commando

All Zones

Harbour and Big Screens

4.30pm

Squadron scramble!

Ancient Wisdom

Past

Port Arena

 

Talk about Monitor M33 (supported by Hampshire County Council Museum Service)

The Bluejackets

Past

Monitor M33

 

C18th sailors' clothing and weapons, including musket firing.

The Senior Service

Past

Victory Arena

4.30pm

The Admiral’s War: Admiral Sandy Woodward and the Falklands

Historian Stephen Prince

Past

Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate

4.45pm

Last Entry onto Ships

 

All Zones

 

5.00pm

Red Arrows Display (Fri only)

Red Arrows

All Zones

Harbour and Big Screens

 

Beating the Retreat

The Band of HM Royal Marines - Portsmouth

Present

Display Arena

5.25pm

Beating the Retreat (Fri only)

The Band of HM Royal Marines - Portsmouth

Present

Display Arena

 

Ongoing programme highlights to enjoy

          Past Zone

  • Find out about Tudor food and see it cooked on the Mary Rose’s replica galley, with The Mary Rose Museum and joining them on Saturday and Sunday, The Tudor Group.
  • Meet Confederate officers, sailors and gunners of The Alabama Crew on board HMS Warrior 1860. (Sat and Sun only).
  • See WWI crewmen of The Bluejackets aboard Monitor M33 (supported by Hampshire County Council Museum Service)
  • Discover C18th to C19th living history in the Storehouse 10 colonnades
  • Visit the 1940’s and D-Day exhibit by the Portsmouth D-Day Museum by Anchor Lane.
  • See living history and displays commemorating the Battle for the Falklands in 1982, presented by Forces 80 by Boathouse 7.
  • See demonstrations of rope making and knot tying by the Victory Riggers in the Storehouse 10 colonnades and in the FSL Apprentices workshop see engineering through the ages near Anchor Lane.
  • See model boats from 19th century galleons to the modern serving fleet supplied by Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team, Portsmouth and District Power Boat Club and the Surface Warship Association.
  • Take a rare opportunity to visit St Ann’s Church in Anchor Lane to admire the Flower festival and listen to music.
  • Pop into the Naval Historical Branch to find out about your naval ancestors and how to research Family History every morning in the Naval Historical Branch.

          Present Zone

  • At Basin No.1 support the daring that are raising money for Marie Curie by tackling the highest and longest zip wire in the country.
  • Play up Pompey in the kids zone and have a go on climbing walls, bouncy castles, have a go penalty shoot out and your photo taken with the FA Cup (at certain times throughout the day)
  • Thrill seekers can experience life as a Harrier pilot in the simulator by HMS Illustrious

          Future Zone

  • Watch out for the Royal Navy Diving Display Team in a giant tank by HMS Illustrious.
  • Marvel at the size of the new CVF carrier being designed by BVT by checking out the distance between the towers.
  • Behind the scenes of the Royal Navy – a walk through exhibition of support given to all RN ships by BVT.
  • Experience engineering at first hand in the display by HMS Sultan Air Engineering School and get up close to the Field Gun north of HMS Illustrious.
  • Get up close to the weapons and talk to the people serving in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Royal marines tent adjacent to HMS Gloucester. 
  • See life on a modern day mine hunter in Basin No.2
  • Go aboard HMS Enterprise to sample modern day surveying techniques.
  • Chill out and listen to the Navy’s future talent on the Ship Stage. 
 
 
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