It was all too late of course and the tower was razed. A view across the rooftops and up Portsmouth Harbour from the Still and West pub, Old Portsmouth. A painting by Michael North. Two men were ...

You can see all the vessels in our gallery below. MORE RETRO: 15 rare photos of Portsmouth parades from the past, 9 great old images of the Royal Pier Hotel in Southsea ...

Both can be seen today at its Historic Dockyard. The Portsmouth-built Dreadnought, launched in 1906, was the first of the great battleships which allowed British naval power to dominate the seas ...