Included are the launch of HMS Andromeda in Portsmouth Dockyard in May 1967, the fore topsail from HMS Victory, the sole surviving sail from the Battle of Trafalgar being stretched out and viewed by sailors at HMS Nelson in the same year, HMS Vanguard running aground at the Spice Island after breaking loose and narrowly avoiding the Still & West pub on the 4th August 1960. You will also see images of the 1953 Fleet Review featuring ships such as HMS Surprise, the USS Baltimore and HMS Vanguard and HMS Indomitable sailing past the Round Tower in the same year.
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5. The Royal Navy from the past
The old HMS Illustrious pictured in Portsmouth in 1953. The News PP694 Photo: The News archive
6. The Royal Navy from the past
HMS Victorious leaving Portsmouth Harbour in 1958. Above her is the battleship HMS Vanguard. (Robin Kay collection) Photo: The News archive
7. The Royal Navy from the past
The Royal Navy Amphion-class submarine HMS Aeneas (P427) with Canadian sailors aboard for training departing HMS Dolphin submarine base near Gosport 14 January 1955 off the coast near Gosport, United Kingdom. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
8. The Royal Navy from the past
HMS Bulwark emerging after a refit from Portsmouth's dry dock in 1968. The News PP4998 Photo: The News archive