Dockyard Apprentice

Experience the Dockyard as it was 200 years ago through interactive displays and cutting-edge touch-screen technology. Get hands-on with traditional shipbuilding tools and test your skills with practical knot-tying displays. Can you tell your bends from your bowlines?

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saturday: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm

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Victory Gate, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ

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Experience the Dockyard as it was 200 years ago through interactive displays and cutting-edge touch-screen technology. Get hands-on with traditional shipbuilding tools and test your skills with practical knot-tying displays. Can you tell your bends from your bowlines?

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