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The National Museum of Bermuda, previously the Bermuda Maritime Museum from its opening in 1974 until 2009 (legislatively formalised in 2013), explores the maritime and island history of Bermuda. The maritime museum is located within the grounds of the fortress Keep of the former Royal Naval Dockyard in Sandys Parish on the Ireland Island at ...
HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War.The Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609.
The alliance would endure after the war, with profound effects on the Royal Naval establishment in the region and the status of the dockyard in Bermuda. After the Second World War the dockyard was no longer deemed relevant to Royal Navy operations and was closed between 1951 (when a floating drydock was removed, and the yard status changed to a ...
The world's largest floating dock at the time, it was moved to Invergordon for the duration of the First World War (pending completion of Rosyth Dockyard), to enable dreadnoughts to be docked in Scotland. [8] Moved to Alexandria in 1939; then in Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, 1946-1951. [9] [4]
Wikimedia Atlas of Bermuda. General. Bermuda. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Bermuda Online (directory of 120+ Bermuda-related websites) Geography. Bermuda National Trust, a body dedicated to the preservation of historic and environmental sites of interest, including several museums. Large map of Bermuda; Government
Image extracted from page 218 of Bermuda, a colony, a fortress, and a prison; or, Eighteen months in the Somers' Islands …, by WHITTINGHAM, Ferdinand. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.
BBC World News anchor Laura Trevelyan has announced that she is leaving the BBC after 30 years to play a role in uprooting the legacy of colonialism in the Caribbean. Trevelyan’s decision comes ...
Bermuda's location in the North Atlantic, the presence of the Royal Naval base, and the enclosing barrier reef that protected its anchorages from submarines, resulted in the colony becoming a major forming-up point for trans-Atlantic convoys (Bermuda would serve all these roles and more during the Second World War) used as a convoy staging ...