Portsmouth Hampshire England Collection

Our ironclad fleet: launch of the Royal Alfred screw-frigate at Portsmouth, on Saturday last, 1864. Royal Navy warship. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Return of the Prince of Wales: the Serapis coming alongside the Jetty at Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Return of the Prince of Wales: the Serapis coming alongside the Jetty at Portsmouth, 1876. The future King Edward VII returns to England after a royal visit to India

Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Creator: J. R. W
Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Warship launched using electricity. Hammers and battering-rams were applied to the foremost blocks

New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Dockyard extension comprising...a fitting and a repairing basin...a deep graving-dock...locks...[and] an extensive coal-store...when [the works] are completed

View of the harbor in Portsmouth, 1735-1805. Creator: Unknown
View of the harbor in Portsmouth, 1735-1805

The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - Triumphal Monument on Southsea Common, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - Triumphal Monument on Southsea Common, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Hampshire

The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - the Bonfire on the Beach, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - the Bonfire on the Beach, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Hampshire. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1856. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1856. Queen Victoria attends a display by the Royal Navy off the Hampshire coast

The Great Naval Review: "No Beds" - drawn by Phiz, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Naval Review: "No Beds" - drawn by Phiz, 1856. Crowds flock to the Hampshire coast for a display by the Royal Navy

The Great Naval Review: sketch on Fort Monckton, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Naval Review: sketch on Fort Monckton, 1856. Crowds watching a display by the Royal Navy off the Hampshire coast

The Naval Review: the Queen and Royal Family embarking at Portsmouth - sketched by R. Landells, 1856 Creator: Unknown
The Naval Review: the Queen and Royal Family embarking at Portsmouth - sketched by R. Landells, 1856. Queen Victoria attends a Royal Navy display in Hampshire

The Naval Review: the Flotilla of Gun-Boats off the Motherbank - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Naval Review: the Flotilla of Gun-Boats off the Motherbank - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Excursionists on the Floating-Bridge at Portsmouth, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Excursionists on the Floating-Bridge at Portsmouth, 1856. Sightseers flock to see a display of Royal Navy ships off the Hampshire coast

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Excursionists going to View the Fleet - scene on the "Hard", 1856. Sightseers flocking to a display of Royal Navy ships off the coast of Hampshire

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: James Gate, Portsmouth - Liberty-Men Returning, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: James Gate, Portsmouth - Liberty-Men Returning, 1856. Sailors of the Royal Navy go ashore before taking part in a military display off the coast of

Plan of Spithead showing the Proposed Evolutions at the Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty, on Wedne Creator: Unknown
Plan of Spithead showing the Proposed Evolutions at the Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty, on Wednesday the 23rd April, 1856. Map showing Royal Navy ships off the coast of Hampshire

H.M.S. "Colossus", with the Gun-Boat Flotilla, leaving the Motherbank for Portland, 1856. Creator: Smyth
H.M.S. "Colossus", with the Gun-Boat Flotilla, leaving the Motherbank for Portland, 1856. Warships of the Royal Navy off the coast at Portsmouth:..the Colossus, 81 guns, Captain the Hon

Arrival of the Coast-Guard Volunteers at Portsmouth; reported Saturday April 8, 1854, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the Coast-Guard Volunteers at Portsmouth; reported Saturday April 8, 1854, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

'The Visit of the French Fleet; Foes No Longer - French Sailors Visiting the "Victory", 1891
'The Visit of the French Fleet; Foes No Longer- French Sailors Visiting the "Victory", 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Fitting out "The Caesar", between decks, at Portsmouth, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Fitting out "The Caesar", between decks, at Portsmouth, 1854. British warship being prepared for service in the Crimean War

H.M. Screw Line-of-Battle Ship "Caesar", 90, at Portsmouth, 1854. Creator: Edward Duncan. H.M
H.M. Screw Line-of-Battle Ship "Caesar", 90, at Portsmouth, 1854. British warship being prepared for service in the Crimean War

Presentation of New Colours to the 28th Foot, at Portsmouth, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of New Colours to the 28th Foot, at Portsmouth, [Hampshire], 1850....the presentation of the new colours to the 28th, by Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, took place

The Duke of Cornwall and Yorks Colonial Tour... Departure of the Ophir from Portsmouth, 1901
The Duke of Cornwall and Yorks Colonial Tour, 1901: Departure of the Ophir from Portsmouth, March 16, 1901. Ships are decorated with flags as crowds turn out to wave off the royal yacht HMS Ophir as

Children, Portsmouth, 1887. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Children, Portsmouth, 1887

Arrival of the King of the French, at Portsmouth, on Tuesday last, October 1844. Louis Philippe is welcomed as he visits Britain. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The Gomer Steamer coming into Portsmouth Harbour, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Gomer Steamer coming into Portsmouth Harbour, 1844. Visit of the French king Louis Philippe to Britain: The French squadron came on slowly and majestically

Explosion at the Kings Bastion, Portsmouth, on Monday last, October 1844. A fatal accident...As the Artillerymen were re-loading one of the guns...the charge went off

The Debarkation, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Debarkation, 1844. The French king Louis Philippe arrives at Portsmouth: The royal and distinguished party moved towards the gangway in order to descend to the boat which was to convey them

Portsmouth Point, 1814. 1814. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Portsmouth Point, 1814

The Victory, c1870. HMS Victory best known as Lord Nelsons flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805 moored in Portsmouth harbour

The Funeral of Queen Victoria... Royal Yacht Alberta entering Portsmouth Harbour
The Funeral of Queen Victoria. The Royal Yacht Alberta entering Portsmouth Harbour at Sunset, February 1st 1901. Victoria (1819-1901) died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight

French President Raymond Poincare with Edward, Prince of Wales, at Portsmouth, June 1913, (1935). Poincare reviewing the guard of honour on a visit to England

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