The history of our navy is an incredible one, with some tremendous feats of courage.   Can you imagine what it would have been like to set sail on a ship when you are suffer from seasickness, even when your ship is still sitting in harbour?  Well, General James Wolfe was, and yet he still made it across the Atlantic to sail a fleet down the St Lawrence River in 1759.

Anyway, whilst we consider the awesome courage of Wolfe, there are a couple of memberships I wanted to tell you about which relate to historic dockyards - Portsmouth in Hampshire and Chatham in Kent.  They are available through BuyaGift.co.uk - and if you buy them before 31 Dec 2019, you can enjoy 15% off with BuyAGift!  Just use the code AHWBAG15 at check-out. 

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Annual Pass

• All attraction entry pass to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard for 12 months, this includes:
• Horrible Histories® Pirates: The Exhibition
• HMS Victory
• HMS Warrior 1860
• The National Museum of the Royal Navy Portsmouth
• Action Stations
• Boathouse 4
• HMS Alliance at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum
• Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
• HMS M.33
• Harbour Tours
• Waterbus
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  Chatham Historic Dockyard Annual Pass 
  

The Chatham Historic Dockyard Annual Pass includes: 

• Annual ticket allowing access to all galleries and attractions for the year
• Ropery and Submarine guided tours

Both Chatham and Portsmouth have dockyard annual passes for two people or family passes.  There's plenty to do at both, and the joy of an annual pass is that you can back again and again and take your time to explore.  So you don't have to see everything in one day, which can be exhausting.

HMS Caroline Experience for Two Adults

HMS Caroline is the sole surviving ship from the Battle of Jutland and she's been recreated to look and feel as she did in 1916.  Situated in Belfast,  you can tour the recreated cabins and walk along the decks where the ship's replica guns sit.  There are interactive exhibitions on board and a dynamic film depicting the drama and devastation of the battle so you can learn all about war at sea.