| Portsmouth Harbour in the late 1980s | |
| Video cameras in the mid 80s were primitive compared with today - but perhaps the poor quality pictures will rekindle memories of the times | |
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| HMS CHATHAM seen from HMS VERNON leads a Dutch frigate out of Portmouth - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |
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| HMS FEARLESS and HMS ILLUSTRIOUS (left); USS IOWA (right) - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |
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| PRIDE OF HAMPSHIRE viewed from HMS VERNON - as she approaches the narrows and passes in front of HMS DOLPHIN - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Sealink Isle of Wight Ferry seen from HMS VERNON - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Sealink Isle of Wight ferry viewed from Old Portsmouth - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Victory Gate and Signal Tower, HM Naval Base - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Hard, Portsmouth - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |
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| By the 1990s, VERNON had gone - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |
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| HMS WARRIOR and HMS VICTORY seem from PRIDE OF BILBAO - VIDEO Malcolm McCrow | |