Starting to prepare for the video about Gosport in the civil war. There were definitively activities here, particularly the bombardment of Portsmouth from the Falklands Gardens (of course, it wasn’t called the Falklands Gardens in those days). But, be under no illusions, the events recorded in Gosport were by no means a significant part of the conflict.
There have been at least two ships called The Mary Rose, the most famous of course is Henry VIII’s ship that sank over one hundred years before the events that we are interested in today. That ship of course resides in a spectacular museum inside the naval base.
The Mary Rose of the civil war was a ship in the harbour the parliamentarians attempted to take over the ship to use it for their mission. Successful capture of the warship provided the parliamentarians with a powerful platform and enabled them to control the harbour.
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