The John Fieldhouse Building

The John Fieldhouse Building,, opened in 2005 is part of a £3.1m major expansion of the Museum. Shaped like a submarine, the exciting modern-design multi-functional building houses the historic X-craft mini-submarine HMSX24 .

The John Fieldhouse Building

X24, housed in the building

The Ground Floor contains a combined information area and reception area plus a lecture/corporate entertainment area.

The First Floor houses the new 'Submarine and Sciences' gallery, containing seven themed aspects of Submarine-related topics such as oceanography, with many inter-active displays.

The building honours the late Admiral of the Fleet, Lord John Fieldhouse of Gosport - the most senior submariner in history.

 

He was in overall charge of the victorious British Forces in the Falklands War of 1982 and enjoyed a highly distinguished naval career that culminated as First Sea Lord and then Chief of DefenceStaff, before his premature death in 1992 at the age of 64.

To coincide with the opening, new and extended History Galleries offer visitors the opportunity to re-live a life under the sea through the personal belongings of the crew and an extensive collection of photographs, transcripts, artefacts and archive material.