Portsmouth
Portsmouth (Template:IPA-en) is a ceety locatit in the ceremonial coonty o Hampshire on the sooth coast o Ingland. Portsmouth is the Unitit Kinrick's ae island ceety, being mainly locatit on Portsea Island. The Ceety o Portsmouth an Portsmouth F.C. ar baith nicknamed Pompey. As a significant naval port for centuries, Portsmouth is home tae the warld's auldest dry dock still in uise an also home tae some famous ships, includin HMS Warrior an Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory. Although smawer than in its heyday, the naval base remains a major dockyard an base for the Royal Navy an Royal Marine Commandos whose Headquarters resides there. There is also a thrivin commercial ferryport servin destinations on the continent for freight an passenger traffic. The nickname Pompey is thought to hae derived frae shippin enterin Portsmouth harbour makin an entry in their logs as Pom. P. in reference tae Portsmouth Point. Navigational charts also uise this abbreviation.
