Foreign vessels have also visited the city over the years, including a historic trip by US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman back in 2018.
We have had a look back through our picture archive, and Getty Images, to find some historic pictures of Royal Navy and foreign aircraft carriers visiting Portsmouth over the years.
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![Tugboats move HMS Eagle into her berth after returning to Portsmouth to be paid off and scrapped on 26 January 1972. The Centaur-class light fleet carrier HMS Albion is berthed behind HMS Eagle.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNlMGZhMmE3LTMyOWYtNGFiYS05M2RjLWJkYzU5NDk2ZjljZjpiMTcwZTk2MC1iNzAyLTQ5YmUtODhkZi03NDI5MzliMWVmNGQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. HMS Eagle
Tugboats move HMS Eagle into her berth after returning to Portsmouth to be paid off and scrapped on 26 January 1972. The Centaur-class light fleet carrier HMS Albion is berthed behind HMS Eagle.Photo: The News archive
![A Fairey Firefly carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft landing on the flight deck of the Royal Navy Audacious-class fleet aircraft carrier HMS Eagle during exercises in the English Channel on 19 March 1952.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQyYTIwNmRiLWNmMDktNDI5NC1hNTI2LTZiNDBlYjE4NTE2ZDozYjhmMDQ3MS00YmI1LTRlMzctOGQ3Ni02MWZiMDZmNTMwZTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. HMS Eagle
A Fairey Firefly carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft landing on the flight deck of the Royal Navy Audacious-class fleet aircraft carrier HMS Eagle during exercises in the English Channel on 19 March 1952.Photo: The News archive
![The US warship USS Harry S. Truman anchored in The Solent on October 8, 2018 near Portsmouth. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier, named after the 33rd US President with a crew of more than 5,000, had been at sea since August.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjMzYzRiNjA0LTQ4MjYtNGZiNC1hMTgxLTIwZWIwOTE3MzkxZTplMjlmNjc2MC1mNzBiLTQzM2ItYTU2YS00OTA2MzQzYjRmZGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. USS Harry S. Truman
The US warship USS Harry S. Truman anchored in The Solent on October 8, 2018 near Portsmouth. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier, named after the 33rd US President with a crew of more than 5,000, had been at sea since August.Photo: The News archive
![L-R, Lieutenants D Lang, D Price and D Rawbone, pilots of Fleet Air Arm 800 Squadron Supermarine Attacker FB2 fighters after landing on the flight deck of HMS Eagle during exercises in the English Channel on 19 March 1952.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI5NDc0NThmLWYxZDctNDI1Mi1hN2ZmLTAzYWVjMTFhYjU2ODphMzJkZjk3MS1lM2QxLTQwMWQtYWJkYy00OGM5YWI1N2Q3YTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. HMS Eagle
L-R, Lieutenants D Lang, D Price and D Rawbone, pilots of Fleet Air Arm 800 Squadron Supermarine Attacker FB2 fighters after landing on the flight deck of HMS Eagle during exercises in the English Channel on 19 March 1952.Photo: The News archive