![]() ![]() The negatives, taken by journalists for local paper, The News, featured families, crowds, ships and homecoming banners.Įvery emotion was visible on the pictures, and we knew we would like to share them with our visitors to help us tell the story of the part Portsmouth played in the war. We found a treasure trove of negatives containing images of the Dockyard. We were looking for photographs of Portsmouth at the time of the Falklands War. Late last year the Royal Armouries team made contact with the Portsmouth City Archive. ![]() They show some of the scenes that played out in 1982 as the ships of the British fleet returned from the Falklands to Portsmouth Dockyard after the war. Later, images of the Dockyard became front page news as huge crowds flocked to welcome the ships and troops back once the war was over. ![]() Thousands of Portsmouth dockyard workers rallied to prepare ships that carried British troops to the Falkland Islands. Portsmouth played a significant part in the Falklands War. HMS Intrepid returns to Portsmouth from the Falkland Islands. ![]()
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