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Lyme was a 52 - gun third rate Speaker - class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth , and launched in 1654 . After the Restoration in 1660 she was renamed HMS Montagu . She was widened in 1675 and underwent her first rebuild in 1698 at Woolwich Dockyard as a 60 - gun fourth rate ship of the line . Her second rebuild took place at Portsmouth Dockyard , from where she was relaunched on 26 July 1716 as a 60 - gun fourth rate to the 1706 Establishment . The Montagu was broken up in 1749 . The ___MASK99___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK99___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . ___MASK55___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George ' s Channel . ___MASK55___ is the second - largest island of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . London is the capital and most populous city of England and the ___MASK99___ , as well as the most populous city proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . The Commonwealth was the period from 1649 onwards when England and Wales , later along with ___MASK55___ and Scotland , was ruled as a republic following the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I . The republic ' s existence was declared through " An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth ", adopted by the Rump Parliament on 19 May 1649 . Power in the early Commonwealth was vested primarily in the Parliament and a Council of State . During the period , fighting continued , particularly in ___MASK55___ and Scotland , between the parliamentary forces and those opposed to them , as part of what is now referred to as the Third English Civil War . Portsea Island is a small , flat and low - lying island just off the south coast of England . The island is totally within , and contains a large proportion of , the city of Portsmouth . The third largest by population of any island in the British Isles after the mainlands of Great Britain and ___MASK55___ , it has the highest population density . England is a country that is part of the ___MASK99___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . Scotland ( Scots : ) is a country that is part of the ___MASK99___ and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain . It shares a border with England to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the country is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . Portsmouth is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England . Located mainly on Portsea Island , south - west of London and south - east of Southampton , it is the ___MASK99___ ' s only island city . It has a population of 205 , 400 , and is the only city in the British Isles with a greater population density than London . The city forms part of the South Hampshire built - up area , which also covers Southampton and the towns of Havant , Waterlooville , Eastleigh , Fareham , and Gosport . Havant is a town in the south east corner of Hampshire , England approximately midway between Portsmouth and Chichester . Its borough ( population : 125 , 000 ) comprises the town and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland ' s Castle ( an exurb ), the smaller town of Waterlooville and Langstone Harbour . Housing and population more than doubled under either definition of Havant in the 20 years following ___MASK80___ , a period of major conversion of land from agriculture and woodland to housing across the region following the incendiary bombing of Portsmouth and the Blitz . Gosport is a Borough town in the South Hampshire conurbation , on the south coast of Hampshire in ___MASK42___ England . The 2011 Census recorded its population as 82 , 622 . It is on a peninsula on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour opposite the City of Portsmouth , to which it is linked by the Gosport Ferry . Hampshire (; abbreviated Hants , archaically known as the County of Southampton ) is a county on the ___MASK42___ coast of England in the ___MASK99___ . The county town of Hampshire is Winchester , the former capital city of England . Hampshire is the most populous ceremonial county in the ___MASK99___ ( excluding the metropolitan counties ) with almost half of the county ' s population living within the South Hampshire conurbation which includes the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth . The larger South Hampshire metropolitan area has a population of 1 , 547 , 000 . Hampshire is notable for housing the birthplaces of the ___MASK53___ , British Army , and Royal Air Force . It is bordered by Dorset to the west , Wiltshire to the north - west , Berkshire to the north , Surrey to the north - east , and West Sussex to the east . The ___MASK42___ boundary is the coastline of the English Channel and the Solent , facing the Isle of Wight . Fareham is a market town at the north - west tip of Portsmouth Harbour , between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton in the south east of Hampshire , England . It gives its name to the borough that comprises the town and its surrounding area . It was historically an important manufacturer of bricks ( notably used to build the Royal Albert Hall , London ) and a grower of strawberries . Current employment includes retail ( including Fareham Shopping Centre with around 100 shops ), small - scale manufacturing , and defence ( with the ___MASK53___ ' s and the Ministry of Defence ' s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory nearby ). Wales is a country that is part of the ___MASK99___ and the island of Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the Bristol Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate .