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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9. The Royal Navy from the past
HMS Dreadnought passing Gosport. She was the UK's first nuclear-powered submarine, launched in 1960 and decommissioned in 1980, undated. The News PP3094 Photo: The News archive
10. The Royal Navy from the past
HMS Surprise passes USS BaltimoreDuring the 1953 Fleet Review HMS Surprise passes between the USS Baltimore and HMS Vanguard. Photo: The News archive
11. The Royal Navy from the past
HMS Vanguard runs aground in Portsmouth Harbour after breaking loose but narrowly avoids the Still & West pub, August 4, 1960. The News PP5335 Photo: The News archive
12. The Royal Navy from the past
The former HMS Gannet after it's transformation into (the training ship) TS Mercury sits on the Hamble River in 1965. The News PP3341 Photo: The News archive