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Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower

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The museum includes a wide variety of exhibits ranging from the 18th century to the present day. These range in size from small arms, to missiles and missile launching systems, as well as complete gun turrets. Exhibits range from the Victorian
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The weapons cover all aspects of naval warfare from surface to surface, air to surface, surface to air and sub-surface weapons systems, including mines and torpedoes.
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The museum has a waterside coffee shop which looks out on to the original 18th-century camber dock.
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is a permanent exhibition gallery opened in 2021 and supported by Coastal Forces Heritage Trust, a
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The Coastal Forces Heritage Trust, registered charity no. 1044933
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The Night Hunters: the Royal Navy’s Coastal Forces at War
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The display includes two historic preserved vessels:
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gunpowder magazine
Gosport
Hampshire
England
Museum
www.explosion.org.uk
Royal Naval Armaments Depot
Priddy's Hard
Gosport
Hampshire
England
National Museum of the Royal Navy
RBL 20 pounder Armstrong gun
QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun
Exocet missile
Sea Dart missile
Sea Wolf missile system
4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun

adding to it
registered charity
CMB 331
coastal motor boat
MTB 71
motor torpedo boat
"Explosion! taken over by NMRN"
Museums Association
"Museum"
"The Coastal Forces Heritage Trust, registered charity no. 1044933"

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