Most of the functioning Royal Navy was out of port. What remained was laid up or undergoing work periods.
Admiralty Pilot Boat.This tanker is storing the RN’s Fuel Supply. Shore tanks are being refurbished.HMS Diamond, a Type 45 Destroyer in DrydockAnother Type 45 having work doneType 23 frigate HMS WestminsterHMS Bristol, a type 82 destroyer and the only one of her class. she is now a training ship.River Class OPVHMS Mersey, a River Class Offshore Patrol VesselSandown Class mine sweeperRFA Diligence – A forward repair vessel. its reportedly for sale.this is the ammunition jetty. the barges move armaments form the shore based bunkers to this pier in the middle of Portsmouth harbour.