Included in this selection are two submarines from Chile docked at Portsmouth harbour back in 1929. The 'Lamotte Piquet' of the French Navy on a visit to Portsmouth in 1927, the launch of HMS Orion in 1910, men testing the portholes of the 'Victoria and Albert' with a hose in 1925, riggers at work on Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory in 1934 and HMS Queen Elizabeth being launched in 1913.
. Docks and harbour memories
Atmospheric Gosport in 1900 wit Portsmouth beyond Portsmouth Harbour from Gosport by Neil Marshall Photo: The News archive
. Docks and harbour memories
May 1927: The 'Lamotte Piquet' a vessel of the French Naval Squadron on a visit to Portsmouth. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
. Docks and harbour memories
So near but yet so far...Portsmouth Harbour 1900 Photo: The News archive
. Docks and harbour memories
16th November 1913: The HMS 'Queen Elizabeth' leaves the slips at Portsmouth docks on her launching. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
. Docks and harbour memories
November 1929: The 'O' Brien', a submarine from Chile, while docked in Portsmouth. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
. Docks and harbour memories
November 1929: Two Submarines from Chile docked at Portsmouth harbour. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
. Docks and harbour memories
28th August 1933: The unaccustomed sight of a Chinese junk in a Hampshire harbour, during a rehearsal for Portsmouth Navy Week. (Photo by PNA Rota/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
13. Docks and harbour memories
July 1939: A welder at work on the refitting of a ship at Portsmouth dock. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
14. Docks and harbour memories
circa 1900: Loading timber onto a wagon at Portsmouth Docks. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
15. Docks and harbour memories
20th April 1934: Riggers at work on Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory in Portsmouth dockyard. She is re-rigged every five years and will be ready in time for Navy Week when thousands of visitors will look round her. (Photo by R. Wesley/Fox Photos/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive