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Portsmouth
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...
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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.