Maritime – Royal Navy, Commercial & Cruise

Royal Navy, Commercial and Cruise ships in the Portsmouth, Solent and Southampton Water area.

 

HMS Southampton with HMS Exeter and HMS Nottingham waiting disposal in Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Southampton with HMS Exeter and HMS Nottingham waiting disposal in Portsmouth Harbour
USS Theodore Roosevelt arriving in the Solent. Ryde on the Isle of Wight is in the background. March 2015
USS Theodore Roosevelt arriving in the Solent. Ryde on the Isle of Wight is in the background. March 2015
HMS Kent returning to Portsmouth Harbour from operations in The Gulf
HMS Kent returning to Portsmouth Harbour from operations in The Gulf
UECC AUTOSTAR
UECC AUTOSTAR
Hoegh Osaka lies on the Bramble Bank
Hoegh Osaka lies on the Bramble Bank
USS Theodore Roosevelt anchored in the Solent
USS Theodore Roosevelt anchored off Stokes Bay, March 2015
USS Theodore Roosevelt
USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Solent, March 2015
HMS Manchester
HMS Manchester
USS Theodore Roosevelt attracting early morning cameras and news
USS Theodore Roosevelt attracting early morning cameras and news
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy arriving in Portsmouth Harbour for the first time. The aircraft carrier has no catapults or arrestor wires and is designed to operate vertical short take off and landing aircraft
HMS Queen Elizabeth
Car carrier Hoegh Osaka ready to be towed back into Southampton
Car carrier Hoegh Osaka ready to be towed back into Southampton
Isle of Wight car ferry St. Clare passing Gilkicker point
Isle of Wight car ferry St. Clare passing Gilkicker point
USS George HW Bush
P & O Cruise Liner, Oriana
P & O Cruise Liner, Oriana
P & O Cunard Queens in the Solent
Cunard Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2 in the Solent
Red Funnel ferry Red Eagle
Red Funnel ferry Red Eagle
HMS Liverpool waiting disposal in Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Liverpool waiting disposal in Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Liverpool waiting disposal in Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Liverpool waiting disposal in Portsmouth Harbour
Hoegh Osaka in the Solent
Hoegh Osaka in the Solent
HMS Manchester waiting disposal, moored off Hardway, Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Manchester waiting disposal, moored off Hardway, Portsmouth Harbour
Former HMS Ark Royal under tow from Portsmouth Harbour to the scrapyard
Former HMS Ark Royal under tow from Portsmouth Harbour to the scrapyard
HMS Liverpool
HMS Liverpool
Former HMS Edinburgh leaving passing the Round Tower, Southsea on its way to the scrapyard
Former HMS Edinburgh leaving passing the Round Tower, Southsea on its way to the scrapyard
HMS Kent families day
HMS Kent families day
HMS Edinburgh "The Fortress of the Seas" passing Fort Blockhouse, Gosport.
HMS Edinburgh “The Fortress of the Seas” passing Fort Blockhouse, Gosport.
Liesel Essberger
Liesel Essberger
Container ship arriving at Portsmouth Harbour with Gosport in the background
Container ship arriving at Portsmouth Harbour
UECC AUTOSTAR passing the Hoegh Osaka in the Solent
UECC AUTOSTAR passing the Hoegh Osaka in the Solent
HMS Manchester with HMS Liverpool in the distance.
HMS Manchester with HMS Liverpool in the distance.
Maritime shipping
Tug SD Christina in Portsmouth Harbour
EBBA MAERSK sailing past Lepe Country Park prior to docking at Southampton. The EBBA MAERSK is a container ship built in 2007, has an overall length of 396 m and a beam of 56 m. The EBBA MAERSK is owned by the Danish shipping company A. P. Moller-Maersk There are seven other sister ships and are amongst the largest container ships built
Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2 in the Solent
Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2 in the Solent
HMS Southampton with HMS Exeter and HMS Nottingham waiting disposal in Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Southampton with HMS Exeter and HMS Nottingham waiting disposal in Portsmouth Harbour
Car carrier Hoegh Osaka near Cowes after drifting off of the Bramble Bank
Car carrier Hoegh Osaka near Cowes after drifting off of the Bramble Bank
HMS Bristol (D23) is a Type 82 destroyer, the only vessel of her class to be built for the Royal Navy. Originally intended as the first of a class of large destroyers to escort the CVA-01 aircraft carriers projected to come into service in the early 1970s, Bristol turned out to be a unique ship: the rest of the class were cancelled with the CVA-01 carriers in the 1966 Strategic Defence Review. Following a long career which included the Falklands War, she was converted into a training ship in 1987 and continues to serve in that role.

Photographs by Barrie Webb

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