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HMS Warrior 1860
Wedding Venue
HMS Warrior 1860
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 3LJ
England
tel:- 02392 778600
fax:- 023 92778601
web address:- www.hmswarrior.org
e-mail:- info@hmswarrior.org
HMS Warrior 1860 :-
As you arrive at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the stunning sleek, black lines of Britain's first iron-hulled, armoured battleship, take your breath away.
The pride of Queen Victoria, Warrior revolutionised warship construction. Powered by steam and sail, she was the largest and fastest ship of her day. Her most radical innovation was her citadel - an armoured box housing her guns.
Venue type: Historic Ship
Number of function rooms available for weddings: 3
Function room names and capacities: Captains Cabin x 25
Officers Half Deck x 60
Gun Deck x240
Local accommodation:
Holiday Inn Express Gun Wharf
Marriot Hotel
Hilton Hotel
Choice of wedding breakfast menus Yes
Alcohol License Yes
Licensed for Civil Ceremonies Yes
Dance Floor Yes
Evening Reception Facilities Yes
Tables chairs linens and tableware included
Wedding services provided
Gardens or outside locations suitable for wedding photography: Numerous
Suitable locations inside the venue for wedding photography: Numerous
Local picturesque areas suitable for wedding photography...: Numerous including seaside
Venue special features: A unique Victorian Warship which is truly one of a kind and is one of the most sought after locations on the south coast
Venue History: Built in 1860, became a museum in 1987 and hosted wedding ceremonies and receptions and private dining since 1995
Recommended by Photographer:- Kim Collins Photographer
Wedding Trivia:
Something Blue
In the rhyme 'something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue', "blue" is symbolic of the blood of royalty, since both the bride and the groom were once considered to be "royal" on their wedding day.
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