page_title: HMNB Portsmouth
section_title: Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
hierarchical_section_title: HMNB Portsmouth / Functioning base / Portsmouth Flotilla / Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
caption_attribution_description: English: HMS Queen Elizabeth docked in Portsmouth, England.
context_page_description: Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth; it is located on the eastern shore of Portsmouth Harbour, north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight. Until the early 1970s, it was officially known as Portsmouth Royal Dockyard; thereafter the term 'Naval Base' gained currency, acknowledging a greater focus on personnel and support elements alongside the traditional emphasis on building, repairing and maintaining ships. In 1984 Portsmouth's Royal Dockyard function was downgraded and it was formally renamed the 'Fleet Maintenance and Repair Organisation'. The FMRO was privatized in 1998. Around the year 2000, the designation HMS Nelson was extended to cover the entire base.
  The base is the headquarters for two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface fleet, and employs up to 17,200 people. The base is also home to a number of commercial shore activities; naval logistics, accommodation and messing; and personnel support functions provided by Defence Equipment and Support.
context_section_description: HMS Queen Elizabeth
  HMS Prince of Wales
caption: HMS Queen Elizabeth berthed alongside Princess Royal Jetty (formerly Middle Slip Jetty)
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