19 stunning photos of sailors and ships that helped create Portsmouth naval history
By Deborah Croker
Published 17th Oct 2019, 13:35 GMT
Here is our latest collection of archive images charting the history of Portsmouth.
These pictures, courtesy of Getty, all have the theme ‘at sea’.
At sea
Circa 1939: An instructor signals through a porthole to a seaman at the bottom of a 15 foot tank, during submarine crew training at the DSEA Instructional Centre at Portsmouth. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
16th August 1944: An advance party of WRNS on the quayside at Portsmouth bound for France. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Actors Gregory Peck (left) as 'Captain Hornblower' and Robert Beatty as Bush pictured aboard the HMS Victory during the filming of 'Hornblower', Portsmouth, England, 1951. (Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
1935: Actors John Mills, Betty Balfour (1903-1978) and Jimmy Hanley (1918-1970) take a break from filming 'Forever England' (aka 'Brown On Resolution', aka 'Born for Glory') on location in Portsmouth. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ratings of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), London and Sussex Divisions, enjoy the sunshine on board the HMS Curacoa during a trip from Portsmouth to Plymouth and Torbay, 29th March 1937. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
22nd January 1934: Able seamen at the Royal Navy Anti-Gas School at Tipner, Portsmouth play leapfrog wearing gas masks, to accustom them to carrying out strenuous tasks in respirators. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
20th August 1936: Sea Cadets receiving instruction in boat drill on board the training ship 'Foudroyant' in Portsmouth harbour. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
20th August 1936: Sea Cadets on board the training ship HMS Implacable at Portsmouth harbour, amuse themselves by playing some tunes. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
