not only drove the winch, which hauled the boats up the slipway, but also powered the hospital laundry on the other side of the road.) The buildings are all of red brick, as is the surrounding perimeter wall, built with integrated watch towers to provide extra security. Alongside the Gunboat Yard, within the same compound, stands the Admiralty Experiment Works (later part of the Defence Research Agency and now owned by QinetiQ). It contains a 540 ft concrete water tank, built in 1884 to test different hull designs using wax models, and still in use today. The tank was built for the Admiralty by Robert Edmund Froude in order to carry on the pioneering work of his father, William Froude, who had died in 1879. Over time, as the Gunboat Yard was reduced in size, the Experiment Works expanded to fill the available space. Golf course In the late 19th century, a 9-hole golf course was built on the Southern tip of Haslar peninsular, and used by local military as a means of exercise. The United Services Club was established in 1885. In 1905, the club merged with the adjacent ladies of Alverstoke, who had founded their own 9-hole course in 1893, but they did not share a clubhouse until 1924. The club adopted the name of Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club in 1939 as an acknowledgement that it was no longer a service and ex-service personnel only club. It is claimed that in 1892, secretary of Great Yarmouth Club, Dr Thomas Browne, visited the United Services Club and introduced the members to the term "the bogey man", an invisible opponent invented by Hugh Rotherham of Coventry. The members, being all officers, duly promoted the bogey man to the rank of colonel. Other features Also here is Haslar Marina, which, along with Weymouth, East Cowes and Portland, is part of the Dean and Reddyhoff marina group. A large green lightship Mary Mouse II is permanently moored on the outside of the marina, by the harbour entrance. The Royal Navy Submarine Museum is found nearby. Haslar Immigration Removal Centre (formerly Haslar Prison) stands to the south-west of the former Hospital site. References External links BBC article on the history of the hospital QARANC history page Military 'March Out', and brief history Images of the Royal Hospital Haslar Haslar Marina Official Website www.royalhaslar.com Gosport