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41 rarely-seen photos charting the long and proud history of Portsmouth's dockyard

By Kieran Davey

Published 4th Nov 2019, 17:48 BST

Updated 5th Nov 2019, 15:48 BST

Thousands of people have played a part in the long history of Portsmouth’s dockyard.

We’ve had a look back through the archive at some of our favourite photos from years gone by.

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Portsmouth Naval Base in 1993 | JPIMedia Photo: -

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Ship plate machinists Alec Hosie (left) and Bill Dack (right), who operated the huge edge planing machine in the heavy plate shop | JPIMedia Photo: -

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Bending a pipe using a furnace in the heavy plate shop | JPIMedia Photo: -

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Painter applying gold leaf to binnacle of HMY Britannia | JPIMedia Photo: -

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41 rarely-seen photos charting the long and proud history of Portsmouth's dockyard

5. Portsmouth Naval Base scan 46.JPG

6. Portsmouth Naval Base scan19.JPG

7. Portsmouth Naval Base scan 9 WIDE FOR WEB.JPG

8. Portsmouth Naval Base scan 7 WIDE FOR WEB.JPG

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