HMS Vanguard

Horrified spectators flock to see the HMS Vanguard aground in Portsmouth Harbour, 1960. The News PP5336

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Clarence Esplanade about 1960. Picture: Paul Costen

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The Black Dog was a popular pub with a mock Tudor frontage. it was demolished in the early 1960s and another pub of the same name was built a few yards to the west of it. This building was demolished in 2002.

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HMS Victorious leaves Portsmouth Harbour some time after 1950

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Wall & Attwooll must have been one of the few wholesale suppliers of electrical goods in Portsmouth in the 1930s. Picture: Courtesy of Stanley Willis

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Defence secretary Grant Shapps said the Trident systems remains one of the most reliable in the world. Picture: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

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A still image taken from video of the missile firing from HMS Vigilant, which fired an unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile. Picture: Lockheed Martin/PA Wire

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Barry Jefferies outside the gates of the former Victoria Barracks, where he had joined the navy 60 years before. Right - Barry Jefferies as best man at friend's wedding in 1967

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The Vanguard in 1960 in Portsmouth Harbour, and inset, former News defence correspondent Tim King

Obituary: Tim King, the News reporter onboard HMS Vanguard when it ran aground

Sailors in the gym of HMS Nelson, c.1967, stretching out the fore topsail from HMS Victory, the sole surviving sail from the Battle of Trafalgar. The sail disappeared for a century before it was found again.

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First Sea Lord. Source: Twitter

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The sailor had been training on HMS Vanguard before raising his concerns about nuclear weapons. Pictured is HMS Vanguard as it 'vents off' as she leaves HMNB Clyde (Faslane).

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HMS Delight on the starboard quarter with HMS Dainty manoeuvring astern. Picture: Tim King

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The damaged bow of HMS Wakeful after a three-ship collision. Picture: Tim King collection.

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The bow of HMS Vanguard just yards from the old customs watch house. Picture: Courtesy of Deane Clark.

HMS Vanguard - pilot's quick thinking prevented carnage | Nostalgia

HMS Vanguard with the sea-going tug Advice on the port side attempting to halt her advance into Point. Picture: Barry Cox collection.

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I recently wrote about the time HMS Vanguard went off course when leaving Portsmouth Harbour and all but collided with the Still and West pub at Point, Old Portsmouth, in 1960.

Bob Hind

HMS Vanguard runs aground in Portsmouth Harbour after breaking loose but narrowly avoids the Still & West pub, August 4, 1960. The News PP5335

Drama of the day HMS Vanguard almost turned up in Old Portsmouth pub | Nostalgia

Seen from the Gosport side of Portsmouth Harbour, HMS Vanguard leaves on her final voyage. Picture: Barry Cox collection

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The cover of Shocking Tales From Edwardian Portsmouth.

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HMS Vanguard aground in Portsmouth Harbour 60 years ago today, August 4, 1960. Picture: Roy West PP5336

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Former News chief photographer Roy West beside his most famous picture, HMS Vanguard after she almost ran aground at Point, Old Portsmouth.

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The transfer of personnel between ships in a bosun’s chair was called highlining.

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HMS Vernon boys under instruction. What we don't know is whether this picture was taken on board the hulk Vernon or in the new barracks at Gunwharf.

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A Royal Navy diver at the wreck of HMS Vanguard

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Divers inspecting the wreck of HMS Vanguard in Scapa Flow PHOTO: Bob Anderson/HMS Vanguard Expedition 2017/PA Wire

PICTURES: Eerie images of sunken Royal Navy ship HMS Vanguard

The superstructure of the battleship HMS Vanguard looms over The Seagull pub in Broad Street, Old Portsmouth. (Eddie Wallace)

Day a battleship came calling

A view of the coach that overturned on Portsdown Hill east of the George pub.

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In the picture above we see an overturned coach surrounded by sightseers on August 8, 1939.

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Spectators flock to see HMS Vanguard aground in Portsmouth Harbour, 1960

The dramatic day Vanguard came close to disaster

A quiet time in Waterlooville when the A3 London Road used to pass though.

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