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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.
A Bermuda Fitted Dinghy, being put through its paces in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda. Hamilton Harbour is a natural harbour in Bermuda which serves as the port for the capital, the City of Hamilton . It is an arm of the Great Sound , and forms a tapering wedge shape of water between Paget Parish and the peninsula which forms Pembroke Parish , and ...
The floating dry dock Bermuda, sheerlegs, Storehouse, and Casemates Barracks at HM Dockyard Bermuda Dockyard Commissioner's House in Bermuda (1823–31) HMD Bermuda circa 1899, showing the new South Yard under construction (left) and the old fortified North Yard (right) 1933 HMS Norfolk Summer cruise map. Bermuda (1795) (Imperial fortress)
Bermuda's most popular visitor attraction is the Royal Naval Dockyard, which includes the National Museum of Bermuda. [59] Other attractions include the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo , [ 60 ] Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, the Botanical Gardens and Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art , lighthouses, and the Crystal Caves with ...
Somerset is a small, unincorporated village in the northwest area of Bermuda, located in Sandys Parish.It lies in the northern half of Somerset Island.. Like Flatts and Tucker's Town, the settlement has existed for centuries, though a lack of formal borders and municipal government means its foundation is undated, and when, precisely, the area came to be commonly thought of as a village is not ...
Animals are only allowed to be brought to Bermuda if they have proof of health and a permit from the Bermuda Department of Environmental Protection. St. George's Harbour, ca. 1864. Confederate blockade runners are visible. The shore of St. George's Harbour was the site of the first settlements in Bermuda, which occurred in the early 17th century.
From the 1790s onwards, the garrison existed firstly to defend Bermuda as the main base of the North America and West Indies Station, including the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard (HM Dockyard Bermuda) and other facilities in the Imperial fortress colony that were important to Imperial security until the HM Dockyard was reduced to a base (a ...