The Royal Navy feature heavily in this selection from a brilliant year, where everything seems to be happening mainly at sea.
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![Sailors aboard HMS Intrepid unfurl their own special banner from the flight deck.1982](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE3ZWMyOTk0LWJjZWUtNGVkOC1hYmZmLTMzZGZkYTlkNGNhZTo4NTI0ZGI1OS1lZjg2LTQ4NDMtODM3Yy05MDllMWE4MzRmYjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Memories from Portsmouth in 1982
Sailors aboard HMS Intrepid unfurl their own special banner from the flight deck.1982 Photo: The News archive
![HMS Intrepid returns to Portsmouth from the Falklands in July 1982. The News PP691](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM4ZTY2YWI5LWE2MjItNDRjOC05ODBlLTc1NGM4M2E0M2RmNTpiZjhlNjM2Yi05N2NhLTQ0NWQtYWM2Ni0wMGJjNmMyNWZhNjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Memories from Portsmouth in 1982
HMS Intrepid returns to Portsmouth from the Falklands in July 1982. The News PP691 Photo: The News archive
![Vessel in dry-dock in 1982. The News PP1814](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJkNjRlODljLTkzNTQtNDc4Ny1hZjU5LTFlMDc3MzEwMjI5YzowMmVlYTg0My0xYzhhLTQ0YjMtYWY1My1hNzc4ZDdkYWZiYTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Memories from Portsmouth in 1982
Vessel in dry-dock in 1982. The News PP1814 Photo: The News archive
![The Royal Navy's first submarine, the Holland I, in a basin at Devonport dockyard after being salvaged, 8th December 1982. The Holland I sank while on tow to the breaker's yard and lay on the sea bed near the Eddystone lighthouse for sixty-nine years. The vessel is due to be restored and displayed at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjg2ZWI2M2QzLTQ5NmEtNGJlMS1hZWFkLTkzZjcyOGEzMWJlNDo3NTAyM2Q4ZC1jN2ExLTRlNWUtOGE5MC05ODg4N2ZlZTNhYjE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. Memories from Portsmouth in 1982
The Royal Navy's first submarine, the Holland I, in a basin at Devonport dockyard after being salvaged, 8th December 1982. The Holland I sank while on tow to the breaker's yard and lay on the sea bed near the Eddystone lighthouse for sixty-nine years. The vessel is due to be restored and displayed at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive