"Buckler’s Hard, Historic Riverside Village" Topic

A few weeks ago, I travelled up to Buckler's Hard 18th Century Shipbuilding Village on the banks of the River Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire.

Shipbuilding at Buckler's Hard commenced in the early eighteenth century and under Master Shipwright Henry Adams, Buckler's Hard grew to national prominence winning many Royal Navy contracts.

Over the following sixty years, Adams would supervise the building of forty-three Royal Navy ships at Buckler's Hard, including three that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Euryalus 36- guns, HMS Swiftsure 74-guns, and HMS Agamemnon, ‘Nelson's favourite ship' of 64-guns.

If you would like to know more then follow the link to JJ's, where I've put together a post covering our day's visit, including among other things a look at the river location, the historic village and the Maritime Museum, together with some of the famous named ships built there.

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JJ

One of Englands nice little gems for gamers to visit.

Thanks for the article.

martin

Hi Martin,
Yes indeed, a treasure of a place, and thank you for your comment.

JJ

Very cool! As a landlubber trapped in the Middle of the USA, I find ship building fascinating. Thank you for sharing

Years ago, driving through Virginia, we took the highway bridge across Hampton Roads. A couple hundred yards to the right was a sign sticking out of the water letting us know that this was where the fight between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia took place in 1862. Which was nice but, you are right: marking the sites of naval battles isn't quite the same as marking the sites of land battles.

Grelber

Nice post. Been there a couple of times, it is a fascinating place

I have had the pleasure of visiting Bucklers Hard a few times and is a great place, thanks for putting together such an interesting post.

For anyone visiting from further afield, there is a lot to see of military interest in that general area: Portsmouth with its various naval museums and the D-Day Story at Southsea, the Bovington Tank Museum, the Royal Armouries Fort Nelson, Hurst Castle, Portchester Castle…

Hi Chaps,
Thanks for your comments and glad you found the post interesting.

All the best
JJ

I'm in that neck of the woods in August – will have a trip down there!