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