Port Royal (disambiguation)

Port Royal is the former capital city of Jamaica.

Port Royal or Port Royale may also refer to:

Institutions

• Port-Royal-des-Champs, an abbey near Paris, France, which spawned influential schools and writers of the 17th century
  • Port-Royal Abbey, Paris, an inner-city abbey founded by Port-Royal-des-Champs

Geography

Canada

• Habitation at Port-Royal (1605-1613), the location of France's first successful settlement in what is now Western Nova Scotia, now a National Historic Site of Canada.
  • Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, a rural community in Nova Scotia near the site of the Habitation at Port-Royal.
• Port-Royal (Acadia) (1632-1710): a nearby fortification where the French built an unnamed Vauban earthwork which became Fort Anne. It was eventually captured by the Anglo-Americans and renamed:
  • Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, a town which exists today.
• Port Royal, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, a rural community in eastern Nova Scotia, unrelated to the above.
• Port Royal, a neighbourhood in Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia.

France

• Port-Royal (Paris RER), a rapid transit station in Paris, located on Port-Royal boulevard, near the site of the former Port-Royal Abbey

United States

• Port Royal, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Henry County
• Port Royal, Mississippi, a ghost town
• Port Royal, Pennsylvania, a borough in Juniata County
• Port Royal Sound, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Beaufort County, South Carolina
  • Port Royal Island, an island in Beaufort County, South Carolina
    • Port Royal, South Carolina, a town on Port Royal Island, in Beaufort County
• Port Royal, Virginia, a town

Jamaica

• Port Royal, a Spanish colony taken over by the British

Art, entertainment, and media

Games

• Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates (2003), a simulation PC game by Ascaron Entertainment
• Port Royale 2: Construction, Cartels and Conquest (2004), a sequel game by Ascaron Entertainment for PC
• Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants (2012), a video game by Gaming Minds Studios for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3
• Port Royale 4 (2020), a sequel game by Gaming Minds Studios for PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch
• Port Royal (2014), a push-your-luck card game with engine-building elements

Literature

• Port-Royal Grammar (1660), a grammar textbook by clerics from Port-Royal-des-Champs Abbey
• Port-Royal Logic (1662), a logic textbook by clerics from Port-Royal-des-Champs Abbey
• Port-Royal (1837-1859), a multi-volume study of the abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champs and Jansenism by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
• Port-Royal (1954), a play by Henry de Montherlant set at the Port-Royal Abbey of Paris during the formulary controversy

Music

• Port Royal (album), an album by metal band Running Wild
• port-royal (band), an Italian electronica and post-rock band

Battles

• Battle of Port Royal, a naval battle of the American Civil War at Port Royal, South Carolina
• Siege of Port Royal (1710), capture of French capital of Acadia (present day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) by the British

Brands

• Port Royal, a brand of beer made by Cerveceria Hondurena, a SABMiller brands subsidiary located in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
• Port Royal Cigars, a tobacco products company in New Zealand

Enterprises

• Le Port-Royal Apartments, an apartment building in Montreal, Quebec
• Port Royal Experiment, a program begun during the American Civil War in which former slaves successfully worked on the land abandoned by plantation owners in Beaufort County, South Carolina
• Port Royal Golf Course, a golf club located in Southampton, Bermuda, notable for hosting the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in 2009 and 2010
• Port Royal Speedway, a dirt racetrack in Port Royal, Pennsylvania

Transportation and vessels

• HMS Port Royal, three ships of the Royal Navy
• Port Royal Railroad, a defunct railroad that ran from Port Royal, South Carolina, to Yemassee, South Carolina
• USS Port Royal (1862), a sidewheel steamer gunboat commissioned in 1862, active in the Civil War, and decommissioned in 1866
• USS Port Royal (CG-73), a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1994, the last US cruiser built in the 20th century