Portsmouth and Anse-de-Mai are located in the northern region of the island, and Roseau is in the south.

A small passenger ferry connects it to the neighbouring island of Portsea where the city of Portsmouth is located.

The Hayling Ferry is the most convenient way to travel between Portsmouth and Hayling Island.

Alternatively, Portsmouth and Southsea is another railway station, used for connections to Bristol ( Temple Meads ) and Cardiff.

Another version, which Bogart's long-time friend, author Nathaniel Benchley, claims is the truth, is that Bogart was injured while on assignment to take a naval prisoner to Portsmouth Naval Prison in Kittery, Maine.

* 1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth ; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.

Portsmouth is known for its orange cake, often containing cranberries.

Known as Northrop Grumman Newport News ( NGNN ), and later Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News ( NGSB-NN ), the company is located in Newport News, Virginia, and often participates in projects with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, also located adjacent to Hampton Roads.

* 1982 – The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.

The largest is Aquidneck Island, shared by the municipalities of Newport, Middletown, and Portsmouth.

) The two most common handicap systems are the IRC and the Portsmouth Yardstick, while the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet ( PHRF ) is very common in the U. S. A.

Only two survive, one near her birthplace in Knaresborough and the other in Portsmouth where there is a lifesize statue above the door.

And, reflecting the then lack of international standards, sizes varied and not all were built as ovals-for example, the oldest velodrome in the UK, at Preston Park, Brighton ( 1877 ), is 579m long and features four straights linked by banked curves, while the 536m Portsmouth velodrome has a single straight linked by one long curve.

Waterlooville is a town in Hampshire, England, approximately 8 miles north of Portsmouth.

The nearest train station is located in Bedhampton and is on the main train route between London and Portsmouth.

Havant railway station is served by Stagecoach service 39, and stations in Portsmouth by First services 40 / X40, 41, 45 and 45A.

For westbound trains the station at Cosham, served by the local bus services, is on the line between Portsmouth and Fareham, with regular trains to Southampton and Cardiff.

* October 13 – The HMS Canopus ( 1898 ), a pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, is launched at Portsmouth, England ( will be deployed widely in World War I ).

* July 3 – English fleet attempts to sail from Portsmouth to Normandy but is forced back by contrary winds.

* July – Henry VIII of England's flagship, the Mary Rose, is launched at Portsmouth.

Williams facilitated the purchase by William Coddington and others, and in the spring of 1638 the Antinomians began settling at a place called Pocasset, which is now the town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

* The city of Portsmouth is awarded its Royal Charter.

Pinafore is at anchor off Portsmouth.

Most of these ships were placed along the Cinque Ports, but Portsmouth was also enlarged.

* Portsmouth Point, also known as Spice Island

It was also the place where fans of Portsmouth F. C gathered to celebrate their victory in the 2008 FA Cup Final.

Southsea is now served by stations at Fratton and Portsmouth and Southsea station and on to Portsmouth Harbour ( also called The Hard ), with regular trains to London Waterloo.

The senior Rivers, also called William, was the master gunner aboard The Victory and it is thanks to his commonplace book ( now kept in the Royal Naval Museum library in Portsmouth ) that many of the thoughts of the sailors aboard Nelson's flagship are preserved.

* Simon Browne, a dissenting preacher and theologian, was born in Shepton Mallet in 1680 and, after preaching at Old Jewry in London, and also in Portsmouth, died in the town in 1732.

He also visited the fleet at Scapa Flow, where he cruised on the HMS Nigeria, and spent considerable time in Portsmouth.

This area, known as " America's First Region ", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads.

Directly opposite Norfolk, the city of Portsmouth also has miles of waterfront land on the Elizabeth River as part of the harbor of Hampton Roads.

Portsmouth is also served by several television stations.

Portsmouth residents also can receive independent stations, such as WSKY broadcasting on channel 4 from the Outer Banks of North Carolina and WGBS-LD broadcasting on channel 11 from Hampton.

DirecTV and Dish Network are also popular as an alternative to cable television in Portsmouth.

Portsmouth is also the home of the Portsmouth Mustangs Semi-Pro Football.

It was also motivated to make a change which would put it on a more equal footing in other aspects with the much larger cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth.

The county also has numerous parks and recreational areas in each of its townships, including Earl Thomas Conley Park on U. S. 52 west of Portsmouth.

Several football teams have also trained at Bisham Abbey, most recently Barcelona and Portsmouth before their 2008 FA Cup victory.

The CDP includes the unincorporated community of Indiantown near the junction of N. Portsmouth Rd and Becker Rd at The CDP also includes the Robin Glen Mobile Home Community at the southwest corner of E. Washington Rd ( M-81 ) and N. Portsmouth.

In 1772, the land was granted to Thomas Chadbourne, also of Portsmouth.

In that same year, Wentworth also granted to one Colonel John Hurd ( of Portsmouth part of the land which is today within the bounds of Monroe.

According to Lisa Roberts, a registered nurse with the Portsmouth City Health Department, on top of the high death rates, Southern Ohio also distributes four times as many prescription drugs as Northern Ohio.

The DEA also served ISOs on 3 other doctors, John Temponeras, Mark Fantazuzzi, and Michael Dawes and a pharmacy, Prime Pharmacy, located at 902 Fourth Street in Portsmouth.