
10/06/2025
Taken in September 1903, shows sailors of the Royal Navy leaving their barrack Hulks for their new stone built barracks on land at Queen Street, Portsmouth. About 4,000 men moved from the two old men of war, HMS Duke of Wellington & HMS Marlborough, both massive 131-gun triple decker ships of the line in their heyday. The Duke of Wellington & Marlborough both became receiving ships in the 1890s acting as floating barracks for sailors awaiting training or posting. Source: Royal Navy