EAW006588 ENGLAND (1947). The entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth, from the south, 1947
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| Title | [EAW006588] The entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth, from the south, 1947 |
| Reference | EAW006588 |
| Date | 27-May-1947 |
| Link | |
| Place name | PORTSMOUTH |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 462819, 98134 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.108891899397, 50.778810588286 |
| National Grid Reference | SZ628981 |
Pins
 Approximate location of Z Battery, rocket projector battery Solent B at Southsea Common. |
 redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:47:41 AM |
| 2ndWW Coast Artillery Battery Observation Post. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:44:54 AM |
| Approximate location of a 2ndWW CASL. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:44:03 AM |
| 2ndWW CASL. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:43:11 AM |
| Location of the gun pits for the HAA Gun Battery at Southsea Common, designation P1/- (GDA Portsmouth). The admin/accommodation buildings are to the right of the pits. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:42:04 AM |
| 2ndWW Coast Artillery Battery. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:41:06 AM |
| 2ndWW CASL. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:40:37 AM |
| 2ndWW Coast Artillery Battery. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:40:08 AM |
| 2ndWW pillbox. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:39:23 AM |
| 2ndWW Coast Artillery Battery. |
redmist |
Friday 10th of July 2020 09:38:58 AM |
| HMS Vanguard (23) - the Royal Navy's last battleship. Commissioned 1946. Decommissioned 1960. |
forostar |
Monday 7th of October 2019 01:47:37 PM |
 Class31 |
Friday 17th of October 2014 05:48:12 PM | |
| Spitbank Fort |
chainbull |
Saturday 2nd of August 2014 11:16:02 AM |
User Comment Contributions
 From the Gosport Ferry, 16/10/2014 |
Class31 |
Friday 17th of October 2014 05:49:31 PM |
 Looking just north of east from the Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, 16/10/2014 |
Class31 |
Friday 17th of October 2014 05:44:26 PM |
 Looking north from the Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, 16/10/2014 |
Class31 |
Friday 17th of October 2014 05:41:45 PM |
 Looking south east from the Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, 16/10/2014 |
Class31 |
Friday 17th of October 2014 05:39:42 PM |
 Looking south west from the Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, 16/10/2014 |
Class31 |
Friday 17th of October 2014 05:38:30 PM |
This is one of the few photographs taken of Portsmouth Harbour. Presumably for reasons of National Security the area was off limits to Aerofilms which was very necessary at the time but limits the usefulness of the record which is now available here. |
Class31 |
Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 09:02:49 AM |
There's some very interesting shipping here! |
 Katy Whitaker |
Friday 6th of June 2014 12:09:20 AM |
One of the major embarkation ports for the 1944 D Day Allied invasion of Normandy which has it's 70th Anniversary now. |
Class31 |
Thursday 5th of June 2014 02:09:46 PM |
