The Historic Dockyard Portsmouth has long been regarded as the home of the Royal Navy. Portsmouth Dockyard has been in the forefront of technological development for over 500 years. Stores Visitors can now walk around much of the centre of the Georgian Dockyard. Nos 10 and 11 Stores now house the Royal Naval Museum . HMS Victory can be found in No. 2 dock with the Mary Rose alongside in No. 3 Dock.
Dock is still in use for work on small vessels.
Opposite the Royal Naval Museum is the long No.18 Store, formerly the ropehouse. Here rope was spun to rig the fleet - with the ropemakers working along the entire length of the ropehouse. Audio information wands are available from the reception desk in No. 7 Boathouse. Audio information wands are available from the reception desk in No. 7 Boathouse. The audio trail introduces the Dockyard buildings and some of the people who lived, worked and died here - including the infamous 'Jack the Painter', a saboteur at the time of the War of American Independence.