H.M.S. Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

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H.M.S. Victory seen through the archway of an adjacent building. Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, Victory was built at Chatham between 1759-1765 and was commissioned for the first time in 1778. She is made of English oak, 154 feet long at the keel, 186 feet at the gun-deck and 51.5 feet at the beam. Her armament is 30 32-pounders, 28 24-pounders & 42 12-pounders. Victory's normal water-line is exactly level with the top of the dock so that visitors may appreciate to the full her magnificent lines.W.L. Wyllie R.A. was one of the people responsible for bringing Victory into dry-dock & saving her for the nation. He painted the famous 'Panorama of the Battle of Trafalgar' on view at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth, so that money from visitors paying to see the painting would go towards Victory's restoration.

Pembroke Road, Old Portsmouth.

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This view looking towards Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral from Pembroke Road was made in pencil. The building on the right was once a bank.

J Class yacht racing in the Solent.

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One of the 'Big Class' racing in the Solent during the 1930's.

St. Thomas's Street, Old Portsmouth.

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Portsmouth Cathedral can be seen in the distance & at the time this drawing was made the large house on the left was used as accommodation for the clergy.

The Square Tower, Old Portsmouth.

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'Long Curtain' as viewed from the Garrison Church in Old Portsmouth. It was via a brick tunnel passing through this fortification that Nelson left England for the last time, boarding a cutter off the shore that would take him to H.M.S. Victory, moored off St. Helens in the Isle of Wight.

St. Jude's Church, Southsea.

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H.M.S. Invincible leaving Portsmouth Harbour.

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H.M.S. Invincible passing the Round Tower as she leaves Portsmouth Harbour. Whenever ships leave for a deployment families gather on the Round Tower & adjacent fortifications to wave goodbye to relations & friends.

Penny Street, Old Portsmouth.

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A view from Penny Street looking along the railings of Governor's Green towards Pembroke Road. The artist Vicat Cole once lived in the house at the end of the railings at centre left.

'Tower House' & looking inward to Portsmouth Harbour.

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This view is from the Round Tower looking inward to Portsmouth Harbour. The house with the spire is Tower House, once the home & studio of W.L. Wyllie R.A. Originally the building was an old boat store - Wyllie added the tower to enable him to see across the Round Tower towards the Solent & Spithead.

'Tower House' & looking outward from Portsmouth Harbour.

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This is the view from Beaumont's Quay looking outward from Portsmouth Harbour. The Round Tower & Tower House are in the distance. The slipway was once used for launching the boats of Portsmouth Sailng Club from the 'Boom Yard.' So called because it once controlled the defence boom that stretched across the harbour to Gosport that was raised during times of tension.