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N25686; A stern view of the badly damaged minesweeper Salamander (1936) taken from off the port quarter. She is laid up at moorings in the entrance to Fareham Creek in Portsmouth Harbour. Her stern was destroyed by rocket fire from Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft off Cap d'Antifer on 27 Aug. 1944. Alongside her and almost completely hidden is the Canadian corvette Port Arthur (1941), pendant number K233.
The damaged minesweeper Salamander (1936) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N24476; A distant starboard side view, taken from just abaft the beam, of a 16 feet motor dinghy under way at speed on trials in the upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour. She has two canvas shelters raised.
A 16 feet motor dinghy in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N24816; A close-up of the hand operated kite balloon winch on the port side of the upper deck aft on the anti-submarine yacht Radiant (1927) in Portsmouth Harbour. The photographer is looking forward and to port from near the stern and is showing the cable reel and hand cranks.
Kite balloon winch on the upper deck of the anti-submarine yacht Radiant (1927) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N24820; A close-up of the powered kite balloon winch on the port side of the shade deck on the anti-submarine yacht Radiant (1927) in Portsmouth Harbour. The photographer is looking forward along the port side of the shade deck to show the cable reel and pulley. The steel box on the right has been erected over the engine room skylight and contains the power take-off. A motor launch is on deck chocks on the left.
Kite balloon winch on the shade deck of the anti-submarine yacht Radiant (1927) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N24472; A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of Job No. 1 (1931) under way turning at about 9 knots during initial hand control trials in Portsmouth upper harbour. The driver is Assistant Constructor H J Watson and he is sitting on a temporarily fitted bench-type seat. Very slight image movement. This was the second trial which was run berween number 4 buoy and the C1 coal depot. The first trial took place on Monday 9 Nov. 1931.
Job No. 1 (1931) on trials in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N24724; A close detail of the damage to the port bow, taken from a boat alongside the bow looking aft, of the passenger ferry Ryde (1937) at moorings in Portsmouth Harbour. The damage is to her hull plating between frames 96 to 100 on her main deck and was caused when she was in collision with the Admiralty drifter Sheen (1918) in Portsmouth Harbour on 3 Jan. 1938. Vertical format.
Bow damage to the passenger ferry Ryde (1937) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N24469; A very distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of Job No. 1 (1931) under way at 12.9 knots with the tide during initial hand control trials in Portsmouth upper harbour between numbers 7 and 9 buoys. The throttle is ¾ open with 2400 engine revolutions. The driver is Assistant Constructor H J Watson and he is sitting on a temporarily fitted bench-type seat.
Job No. 1 (1931) on trials in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N25683; A close view of the wrecked stern of the minesweeper Salamander (1936) taken from off the starboard quarter. She is laid up at moorings in the entrance to Fareham Creek in Portsmouth Harbour. Her stern was destroyed by rocket fire from Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft off Cap d'Antifer on 27 Aug. 1944.
The damaged minesweeper Salamander (1936) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N24468; A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of Job No. 1 (1931) under way at about 9 knots during initial hand control trials in Portsmouth upper harbour between numbers 7 and 9 buoys. She is turning under 25° of helm. The driver is Assistant Constructor H J Watson and he is sitting on a temporarily fitted bench-type seat.
Job No. 1 (1931) on trials in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N25464; On board the car ferry Wootton (1928) looking forward and to port from amidships while berthed alongside the Portsmouth Harbour Station pontoon, showing collision damage to the bulwark and the lifeboat davit. The bulwark has been forced inwards, the davit is bent down and the lifeboat has been knocked out of its chocks onto the deck. A large liferaft has been displaced.
Collision damage to the car ferry Wootton (1928) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N24641; A port near broadside view of MTB 01 (see note), taken from just abaft the beam, having her stern lifted out of the water by the MTB depot ship Vulcan (1933) in Portsmouth harbour. Portsmouth Harbour railway station and the Gosport ferry pontoon are in the background.
MTB 01 (see note) undergoing lifting trials with the depot ship Vulcan (1933) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N24900; A slightly distant starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the assault landing craft ALC 33 (1940) anchored in the upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour. At least nine seamen are on board.
The assault landing craft ALC 33 (1940) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N25465; On board the car ferry Wootton (1928) looking to port from amidships while berthed alongside the Portsmouth Harbour Station pontoon, showing collision damage to the bulwark and the lifeboat davit. The bulwark has been forced inwards, the davit is bent down and the lifeboat has been knocked out of its chocks onto the deck. A large liferaft has been displaced.
Collision damage to the car ferry Wootton (1928) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N24891; A starboard side view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the mechanised landing craft MLC 27 (1940) stopped in the upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour.
The mechanised landing craft MLC 27 (1940) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N25119; A starboard broadside view of the aft end of MTB 51 (1941) under way in Portsmouth Harbour. Everything forward of the foremast is out of the picture. She is camouflaged. A Royal Navy commander, possibly named Dove, is on deck alongside the twin 0.5 inch machine gun mount. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register gives the description as ML 51, photograph for Cmdr Dove.
MTB 51 (1941) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N24976; A bomb damaged building in the naval barracks at Portsmouth. The building has two storeys under a pitched, close boarded and slated roof. The damage occurred on the night of 10-11 Mar. 1941. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register does not give the location of the barracks but it is probably the north side of the Victory Barracks.
A bomb damaged building in the naval barracks at Portsmouth, Hampshire (Negative)
N24642; A port near broadside view of MTB 01 (see note), taken from just abaft the beam, having her stern lifted out of the water by the MTB depot ship Vulcan (1933) in Portsmouth harbour. Vernon and a Portsmouth-Cowes car ferry are in the background.
MTB 01 (see note) undergoing lifting trials with the depot ship Vulcan (1933) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N24899; A starboard broadside view of the assault landing craft ALC 33 (1940) anchored in the upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour.
The assault landing craft ALC 33 (1940) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N24896; A starboard broadside view of the armoured support landing craft SLC 1 (1940) alongside a wooden refuelling jetty in the upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour. Berthed on the far side of the jetty are the mechanised landing craft MLC 25 (1940) and MLC 30 (1940).
The support landing craft SLC 1 (1940) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire (Negative)
N24892; A starboard broadside view of the mechanised landing craft MLC 27 (1940) stopped in the upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour.
The mechanised landing craft MLC 27 (1940) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
N24646; A close detail of the port side of the stern of MTB 01 (see note), lifted out of the water by the MTB depot ship Vulcan (1933) in Portsmouth harbour. The photograph is taken from close to the transom and shows the specially made lifting strop in position under the hull betwwen the rudders and the propeller shafts and the special cable cleat on the rubbing strake.
MTB 01 (see note) undergoing lifting trials with the depot ship Vulcan (1933) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. (Negative)
Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from on board a ship in Portsmouth Harbour, looking south to the harbour entrance (Roll film negative)
Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from on board a ship in Portsmouth Harbour, looking south to the harbour entrance (Roll film negative)
A starboard side view of the Royal Navy type 81 general purpose frigate Zulu (1962) in Portsmouth Harbour. (Roll film negative)