Pound's Portsmouth scrapyard, picture special

From tanks and armoured cars to redundant lightships and sinister black submarines, Pound’s scrapyard at Tipner, Portsmouth, has had them all and much more down the decades.

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January 3, 2005, and a fire at the entrance to Pound' s scrap yard at Tipner, Portsmouth. Police had to close the M275 because of the smoke.
Picture: Malcolm Wells ( 050020-139 ) — January 3, 2005, and a fire at the entrance to Pound' s scrap yard at Tipner, Portsmouth. Police had to close the M275 because of the smoke. Picture: Malcolm Wells ( 050020-139 )

placeholder image — January 3, 2005, and a fire at the entrance to Pound' s scrap yard at Tipner, Portsmouth. Police had to close the M275 because of the smoke. Picture: Malcolm Wells ( 050020-139 )

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Two O-class submarines once based at HMS Dolphin, Gosport, waiting to be cut up for scrap at Pound's shipbreakers yard at Tipner, Portsmouth, in 2000. Picture: Michael Scaddan/The News 006051- 0018

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