| Portsmouth and Gosport - now and then | |
| HMS DOLPHIN, HMS VERNON, HM Naval Base | |
| Gosport 2009 | |
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| DOLPHIN is no more - it closed 30 September 1998. Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower viewed from the marina and the Submarine Museum - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Submarine Museum (left); Submarine Escape Training Tower (SETT) as seen in July 2009 from the Museum (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| HMS ALLIANCE is in very poor condition - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Crossing to Portsmouth - the Lightship at Haslar Marina (left); Gosport (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Portsmouth 2009 |
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| Portsmouth - Signal Tower (left); dockyard crane (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| HMS VICTORY - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| HMS VICTORY viewed from the Museum - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| From VICTORY to The Main Gate (left); The Hard (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Captain Robert Falcon Scott's statue (left) by the Main Gate which now leads primarily to the Museum. HMS WARRIOR (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Portsmouth Rail and Bus Interchange (left); the Gosport Ferry (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Gunwharf Quays - the huge shopping complex which was built on the site of HMS VERNON - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Views over the naval base from the top of the Spinnaker Tower were frustrated by the rain - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| More views from the Spinnaker Tower - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Parts of VERNON which have been preserved - at least externally -include the wardroom which is now a pub (above) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Gunwharf Quays - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| HMS VERNON recalled - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Isle of Wight Ferry (2009) arriving Portsmouth passes Gunwharf Quays (left). Nautical heritage (right) as the signal flags spell out G U N W H A R F (right column) Q U A Y S (left column) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Portsmouth 1997 |
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| Arriving Portsmouth in 1997 aboard PRIDE OF BILBAO - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Arriving Portsmouth in 1997 aboard PRIDE OF BILBAO - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow- | |
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| Arriving Portsmouth in 1997 aboard PRIDE OF BILBAO - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Portsmouth 1986 |
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| Views from a classroom in HMS VERNON - HMS CHATHAM leads a Dutch frigate out of Portmouth - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| HMS FEARLESS (left). USS IOWA arriving Portsmouth in 1986 (right) - VIDEO CAPTUREs - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Isle of Wight ferry arriving Portsmouth while a Leander class frigate heads out into the Solent - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Looking from HMS VERNON to HMS DOLPHIN as a P&O ferry enters the narrows (left). Signal Tower and HMS WARRIOR (right) - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Main Gate of HM Naval Base, Portsmouth (left); The Hard (right) - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |