Gosport, borough, Hampshire, southern England, on a peninsula opposite Portsmouth, with which it is connected by ferry. It is an English Channel port and the site of naval installations. The borough has a shipbuilding and boatbuilding industry and diverse light industry. During the Napoleonic Wars, Gosport was an important English naval station. Early in World War II, Gosport was severely damaged by German air raids. It served as a port of embarkation for the Allied invasion of northern France in 1944. Population (1991) 67,802.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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