Gosport on the western shore of Portsmouth Harbour was secured as a Parliamentary naval supply base in 1643, complementing the garrison at Portsmouth. The Parliamentary navy used Gosport as a maintenance and provisioning point for the fleet operating in the Channel and guarding the southern coast against Royalist landings from France or the Continent.
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