Against all Odds - Missions that should never have been successful...
Gosport Museum & Art Gallery (GMAG), Walpole Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1NS
Your Speaker, Richard, will tell you all about these missions and their, perhaps unexpected, outcomes.
He'll also offer visitors an opportunity to chat further about these and other historical roles of the Royal Navy.
Please arrive 10 minutes early to get comfortably seated in The Roberts Room.
Author and historian Richard Jones has dedicated his life to the research of shipwrecks and other historic disasters that history may have overlooked. Over 30 years of research has resulted in an extensive archive of shipwrecks, 24 published books and 19 successful memorial campaigns, with more books due this year.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 13 September:
- 1230
Location & directions
Gosport Museum & Art Gallery (GMAG), Walpole Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1NS
- Directions:
- At the top end of pedestrianised High Street, close to Walpole Park. On-road parking beside the venue and carparks close by.
- Contact on day:
- Richard M Jones
- Telephone number:
- +447764858706
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- Please book online via the booking website. If you experience any difficulties with the booking system, please contact us.
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://www.gosportheritage.co.uk/booking-2025/
- Booking opens:
- 23 Aug 2025 09:30 AM
- Booking closes:
- 11 Sep 2025 05:00 PM
Accessibility details
Step-free access throughout the venue. On-site Changing Places (a facility for youths and adults with high needs). The venue offers a lovely Cafe and a small shop area stocking items from local makers.
Additional information
If you have time, please visit the displays in the Museum, the 'Echoes of Applause' exhibition in the Gallery, and the HODs exhibition 'Nicknames & Narratives' about Gosport being known as 'Turk Town' (all free to enter with NO booking). There will be other HODs events (some bookable talks/tours) happening at the venue, so do feel free to ask if there are any available spaces on these.
- Max no of people per tour:
- 40
- Est. tour duration:
- 1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
