HOME OF THE FLEET (PB)

During the past century, the Royal Navy and its support services at Portsmouth dockyard have experienced a pace of change not seen since the fifteenth century. This book examines the impact of that change on the ships, buildings and personnel of the naval base. The authors look at the dockyard's role in times of conflict, from the First World War to the 1991 Gulf War, and consider the effects of privatisation and cutbacks. Richly illustrated with images from the Royal Naval Museum and Historic Dockyard collections and exclusive, newly-commissioned photographs.