Portsmouth Collection

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Spithead Air Ferry to and from the island, winter fare seven shillings and sixpence return, seven services daily

Jersey Airways Poster
Poster, Jersey Airways Ltd, Regular Daily Services, Multi-Engined Air-Liners. Showing a De Havilland biplane with a map below. 20th century

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, showing a passenger airliner flying above a cruise liner, advertising Travel by Air Ferry to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. 20th century

Jersey Airways Poster
Jersey Airways Ltd poster, showing a passenger biplane flying from the south coast of Britain to Jersey. Listing duration and costs of flights from London and Portsmouth. 20th century

Five adjacent pubs in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Portsmouth was a town of many wonders in 1911. One of them was the possession of five fully licensed houses standing next to each other

The British Fleet - Spithead, 1914
Britains Bulwarks. The great fleet assembled at Spithead, Portsmouth - July 16th - 20th 1914 for King George Vs inspection, three weeks after the declaration of war against Germany

The HMS Victory - brought in to Portsmouth Harbour
The HMS Victory - in Portsmouth Harbour. Fitted up as a Naval School of Telegrapha before becoming a floating signal school proper (as can be seen on this card) until 1904

Old Curiosity Shop
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP A view of the original shop on Portsmouth Street, London, immortalised by Charles Dickens in his novel of the same name

Hms Dreadnought 1906
The ship that gave her name to a new style of warship - the mighty HMS Dreadnought leaves Portsmouth harbour, escorted by a paddle-wheel tug

Spithead & Shoreham Air Ferries Poster
Poster, Spithead & Shoreham Air Ferries, showing a passenger plane G-ABVB above a map of the south coast. Save time, see more, give your holiday a flying start

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), showing an aeroplane flying above a route map from London to the Isle of Wight, with a May to August timetable and fares

Western Airways Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd, showing prices and times from Bristol to various destinations by Air Express Daily, including special day returns. 20th century

England to South Africa Air Race Poster
Poster, The World Famous England to South Africa Air Race, from Portsmouth City Airport. 20th century

Pleasure Flights Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Bembridge Farm Aerodrome at any time by arrangement at the farm

The High Street, Titchfield, Hampshire
The High Street, Titchfield, Fareham, near Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Date: 1900s

St Vincent Sailing Ship
Sailing warship of the Royal Navy, later a training ship at Portsmouth, Hampshire. Date: in 1908

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, showing a passenger airliner flying above a cruise liner. With a list of principal agents, fares and route map. 20th century

Submarine depot at Portsmouth Harbour
Pre-WWI submarine depot at Portsmouth Harbour

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), Daily Air Services to Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth, Portsmouth & Southsea, London. Book Here. 20th century

Ship / Victory / Lantern Sli
Nelsons flagship moored in Portsmouth, circa 1895

Portsmouth, Hampshire - HMS Victory flying Nelsons signal
Portsmouth, Hampshire - HMS Victory flying Nelsons famous signal ( ENGLAND CONFIDES (expects) THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY" Date: circa 1910s

Railway Station, Fareham, Hampshire
Railway Station, Fareham, near Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Date: 1900s

Cody Kite Recovered
The Royal Navy recover one of Codys military kites from Portsmouth Harbour. Date: 1903

Southdown Omnibus
A modern omnibus, one of the Southdown fleet, a No 31 bus, destination Portsmouth and Southsea via Chichester and Bognor Regis, south coast of England

Portsmouth Prison Tread-wheel
Prisoners on the tread-wheel at Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire. Date: circa 1900

Portsmouth Prison Gallery
One of the galleries at Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire, cell doors lining each side. Date: circa 1900

Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, Hampshire and City Coat of Arms Date: circa 1910s

South Coast of England - The Hard, Portsmouth
Victorian Glass Lantern slide from a series on the South Coast of England - The Hard, Portsmouth. Part of box 218 Boswell Collection; listed, Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

H. M.s Neptune ready to be lauched 1909
H.M.S Neptune, the first of the Royal Navy super-Dreadnought battleships, photograph showing her in stocks ready for launching at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard

Portsmouth (exact location unknown). The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Britain poster, HMS Victory, Southsea and Portsmouth, bys Cribb for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Brochure design, Cobham Air Routes, serving London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, the Isle of Wight, and Guernsey. circa 1935

The Hard and Entrance to the Dockyard - Portsea Island, Hampshire Date: circa 1910s

Weddle / Portsmouth F ball
J Weddle, Centre Forward for Portsmouth

Grumman A-6E Intruder 149953
United States Navy - Grumman A-6E Intruder 149953 (base code AB, call-sign 512) of VA-34, tied down on USS America, moored in Portsmouth Harbour, September 1982. Date: 1982

Grumman F-14A Tomcat 159450
United States Navy - Grumman F-14A Tomcat 159450 (base code AB, call-sign 204) of VF-33, tied down on USS America, moored in Portsmouth Harbour, September 1982. Date: 1982

Portsmouth Prison
A view of Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire. Date: circa 1900

Portsmouth Prison - Exercise Yard
Men follow a circuit around the exercise yard at Portsmouth Prison, Hampshire. Date: circa 1900

HMS Eurydice, Portsmouth Harbour, 1878
Engraving showing HMS Eurydice in Portsmouth Harbour, shortly before her last voyage, 1878. Launched in 1843 as a 21-gun frigate, by 1878 Eurydice was being used as a training ship

A CCF crew
Crewing a British fire appliance somewhere outside Portsmouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Anglo-Russian Festival
A Russian sailor watching part of the huge crowd waiting to get on board the Soviet ships during the Portsmouth Festival of Friendship. Date: April 1956

Edward Vii / French Fleet
Edward VII welcomes the visit of the French fleet to Portsmouth - an outward expression of the growing rapprochement between the two countries

Entrance to the dockyard, Portsmouth
Entrance to the dockyard at Portsmouth, where Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956) disappeared on 19 April 1956

The Hovertravel Ryde to Portsmouth hovercraft arrives on the mainlaind at Southsea after crossing the Solent from the Isle of Wight

Jimmy Dickinson, Portsmouth FC and England footballer
James William (Jimmy) Dickinson (1925-1982), Portsmouth FC and England footballer. 20th century

Face-turning lathe and riveting hammer, 18th century
Face-turning lathe and riveting hammer, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Levasseur Antoinette IV replica 8. One of two Antoinette IV replicas built by Hants & Sussex Aviation at Portsmouth Airport

Letter by Agnes Weston Royal Sailors Rest Portsmouth
Letter written by Agnes Weston Royal Sailors Rest Portsmouth

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