The first ship was built in Germany and commissioned in 1992 but suffered a serious fire while working up near Portland, England.
In 1841, the Township of Portland, named after the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England, was formed.
Queen Anne House is a detached house located within the village of Fortuneswell, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England.
The Captain's House is a large detached house located within the village of Chiswell, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England.
She was built in September 1920 as a class R3 road locomotive for heavy haulage work and saw many years' service on the Isle of Portland, hauling blocks of stone from the quarries to the harbour.
On 9 June 1941, Werner Machold received fire from a destroyer that he was attacking near Portland, his plane was forced to land and he was taken prisoner by British troops.
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6 January - The outward bound East Indiaman Halsewell is wrecked on the Isle of Portland in a storm with only 74 of more than 240 on board surviving.
The precast segments were formed of fine concrete utilising crushed Portland Stone and were made by Portcrete Limited at Portland,Isle of PortlandPortland Dorset.
Portland Castle is one of the Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, built in 1539 by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland to guard the natural Portland anchorage known as the Portland Roads.
In the late 1880s and early 1890s a small number of guns were adapted as high-angle coast defence guns around Britain : known battery locations were Tregantle Down Battery at Plymouth, Verne High Angle Battery at Portland and Steynewood Battery at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight.