PRESS & MEDIA
Royal Navy Museums manages media enquiries and opportunities across our museums and sites, including:
- Royal Navy Museums: Portsmouth
- Royal Navy Museums: Naval Aviation
- Royal Navy Museums: Hartlepool
- Royal Navy Museums: HMS Caroline
- Royal Navy Museums: Submarines
- Royal Navy Museums: Explosion
- Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as a destination
Explore the sections below for information on press visits, commercial filming and photography, and our latest press releases.
PRESS VISITS
We welcome visits from media researching stories and broadcast opportunities about our sites and collections. Our team of experts are available to discuss specialist subjects and access to our archives where possible.
We are also happy to coordinate visits for consumer media/influencers and content creators reviewing a day out at our sites. Applications for these visits must be made in advance and be supported by a commission.
COMMERCIAL FILMING & PHOTOGRAPHY
Our historic sites and collections provide unique settings for filming and photography, from TV and online productions to commercial photography and video.
Commercial filming and photography is subject to approval and charges apply, with costs discussed based on your requirements. Recce visits can also be arranged to help you find the right location for your production.
Please note that filming and photography at our sites in Portsmouth and Gosport are subject to certain MOD regulations.
PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS
Keep up to date with our latest news and statements. We provide expert spokespeople for interview, images and information.
Our latest news and statements can be found below or click through to our News & Stories page for mor information.
Press Releases
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Huge boost to expansion plans for National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool with acquisition of retail park
Ambitious plans for the expansion of the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool (NMRN Hartlepool) have received a huge boost today, Tuesday…
Major new conservation phase for HMS Victory with once-in-a-generation visitor experience
Modern-day Great Repair offers once-in-a-generation opportunity to see under the skin of a First-Rate ship of the line and tell her story in a…
Key moment from the Falklands conflict recalled in day-long free event at the National Museum of the Royal Navy
Forty years to the day since Portsmouth-based County Class Destroyer HMS Antrim entered San Carlos Water to start the landing operations to retake…
Falklands 40: Key naval dates April 1982
Friday 2 April 1982 marked the start of the Falklands and here we look at some of the key naval dates over the first month of the conflict.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal Visits Unique D-Day Survivor LCT 7074
The National Museum of the Royal Navy is delighted to announce that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited unique D-Day survivor LCT 7074 at…
Falklands 40: Talk Recounts Key Role of Falkland Helicopter Crew 40 Years to the Day
The powerful recollections of a helicopter crew involved in the opening actions of the Falklands Conflict 40 years ago is the subject of a very…
Operation Mincemeat: HMS Seraph's Lieutenant Leslie ‘Mickey’ Budd
One of HMS Seraph’s crew was a very well-known Gosport figure. Any submariner serving in Fort Blockhouse knew the name ‘Mickey Budd’, and he went on…
Operation Mincemeat: HMS Seraph's Lieutenant “Bill” Jewell
The secret operations of the submarine HMS Seraph in the Second World War are legendary. But who is the man who commanded HMS Seraph?
Operation Mincemeat: The Jolly Roger of HMS Seraph
Flying the Jolly Roger Flag when coming into harbour was a long-standing tradition for British submarines in the Second World War. First instituted…
Operation Mincemeat: HMS Seraph’s Special Operations And “The Man Who Never Was”
HMS Seraph’s clandestine operations during the Second World War are legendary. One of the most famous is Operation Mincemeat and in 1956 the story…
New Exhibition Launch: Her Majesty’s Service
Touching tribute to Her Majesty's decades of personal and official service to Royal Navy captured by new exhibition
Falklands 40: The impact
Often with historic events it’s hard to understand the impact when you’re looking back and might not have experienced the conflict firsthand.In this…
Falklands 40: Conflict Overview
Thursday 14 June 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands following the invasion by Argentina on 2 April 1982.Over…
Falklands 40: Why did the conflict happen?
Like all disputed territory in a post-colonial world, the roots to this question run deep. With the discovery of the ‘New World’ in the late 1400s,…
HMS Caroline Update March 2022
Today, we are thrilled to announce that HMS Caroline will remain in Belfast – her home for nearly 100 years.
Ahoy Me Hearties! The Horrible Histories® Pirates Are Coming to Haaaahrtlepool!
Popular family exhibition Horrible Histories® exhibition to open at National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool.